THE man who bought Marcus Rashford’s wrecked car finally got it driving again – but with some serious safety issues.
YouTuber Mat Armstrong splashed out £184,000 at an auction to get his hands on the Manchester United forward’s old motor.
Rashford got rid of his custom Mansory Black Badge Wraith car after it was written off.
The England man was behind the wheel when the £700,000 car was involved in a crash.
Once Armstrong revealed he was going to try and repair the luxury car, Rashford’s team got in touch to help out.
They handed over a spare key, the ghost code and tracker information as well as a car cover worth £590, floor mats worth £1,300, a grill surround worth £4,200, a boot mat worth £680 as well as a wheel cap worth £110.
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The secret code is used to prevent theft – but was also needed to help the YouTube star get the Rolls-Royce going again.
And in his latest update on the repair job, Armstrong revealed he bought an additional old Rolls-Royce for spare parts.
But it paid off as, at the end of the 36-minute video, he managed to turn Rashford’s car on and drive it.
However, he did so on private land because of a number of glaring safety concerns which means the car is still not ready to return to the road just yet.
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Most importantly, the resurrected Wraith does not have any brakes at the moment so the car can only come to a natural stop.
There are also no airbags in a serious breach of safety requirements.
Elsewhere, one of the doors is currently missing, leaving the passenger both open to the elements but also unprotected in the case of a collision on that side.
But Armstrong could not hide his excitement as the engine turned on and was able to slowly pull away and drive around his industrial forecourt for the first time.
Unsurprisingly, the Rolls-Royce was not totally happy.
He beamed: “It’s working!
“So far, so good, it’s driving. It feels massive.
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“Yeahhh! This was it, I was actually driving Rashford’s old Rolls-Royce for the first time since the accident. What a car.
“I’ve got no brakes. Every warning light on the dashboard… it’s a joke. We are cruising.
“It does look a mess I’ll agree with you there but what an achievement so far to actually get this thing moving.
“We need to sort the brake issue, we need to do all the airbags, we need to do damage on the rear quarter – there’s still a lot to do.”
Armstrong needed to repair the damaged air suspension unit, wheel hubs, fuel tank, crash bar and even the broken horn on Rashford’s car.
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Going directly to Rolls-Royce for the spare parts would have cost a fortune – so Armstrong and his fellow mechanics got hold of another old Rolls-Royce as a “sacrifice” or “donor” car to extract the necessary hardware.
The restored Rolls-Royce still needs a lot of work doing on it until it is fully operational – but the once-written-off car is certainly on the mend.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
