Mat armstrong

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limmy01

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182 posts

142 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Started watching Mat armstrong on YouTube. Lad from my city who buys crash damage cars and documents the build to get them back on the road. Currently over in America working on a GT3...

Quite a good watch

https://youtu.be/oB0d9xxE1Hw

RZ1

4,393 posts

214 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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I started to watch his bmw 635csi videos but they have not been updated on a while

rigga

8,754 posts

209 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Must be some money involved in what he does, doesn't sell any of his cars he rebuilds, and has a nice house on the back of his efforts too.

Enjoy his channel.

Easternlight

3,510 posts

152 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Found his channel at Christmas, got to admire his enthusiasm and abilities.
The repairs to the M5 and now this GT3 are not for the faint hearted and the money he has to put up is not pocket money!
He does appear to be doing quite nicely out of it.

jonamv8

3,204 posts

174 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Hes smashing it, especially financially

LeighW

4,717 posts

196 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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jonamv8 said:
Hes smashing it, especially financially
yes He did a video showing how he got to where he is, fair play to him. Nice to see a local lad doing well too.

Muzzer79

11,128 posts

195 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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I too found the channel over Christmas and I like it

He has a good, non-annoying way about him and does some interesting rebuilds

bompey

574 posts

243 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Another fan here. Started watching his Cayman rebuild which was impressive.

VictorSeven

14 posts

41 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Another fan, he comes across very well, it’s hard not to like him and his videos

Shrugging for victory

557 posts

78 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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I'm a fan, I like how he presents, as he comes across as nice bloke. It's amazing watching him fumble his way through these exotic builds. Absolute respect to him for making it through all his hard work.

InformationSuperHighway

6,493 posts

192 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Pop into the Automotive vlogger thread, his channel and each video is discussed at length over there

bobbo89

5,582 posts

153 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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He cropped up on my YT what with the algorithms having done their thing and yeah, agree with everyone in that I like the guy. Instantly likeable, doesn't appear arrogant at all and just appears to enjoy what he's doing, subbed straight away.

He's also one brave fker, I know that's what it takes in the YT world to get the views, likes and subs to boost your channel but he's taking on some big stuff for a guy who's learning as he goes....

wpa1975

10,309 posts

122 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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I was not a fan at the start but the channel has grown and improved plus is pulling in huge viewing numbers now.

Also enjoy seeing his dad on the channel.

toasty

7,808 posts

228 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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He's moved on a bit since he first appeared on screen.



Doofus

28,672 posts

181 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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RZ1 said:
I started to watch his bmw 635csi videos but they have not been updated on a while
I suspect he quickly found that car restoration and accident repair are not the same thing. smile

wpa1975

10,309 posts

122 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Doofus said:
RZ1 said:
I started to watch his bmw 635csi videos but they have not been updated on a while
I suspect he quickly found that car restoration and accident repair are not the same thing. smile
He did say in another video it is on the back burner but he has big plans for the car however he did also add that it might upset a few people.

Muzzer79

11,128 posts

195 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Doofus said:
RZ1 said:
I started to watch his bmw 635csi videos but they have not been updated on a while
I suspect he quickly found that car restoration and accident repair are not the same thing. smile
To be fair to him, I get the impression that opportunities came along with the Murcielago and Porsche in particular, that he had to take there and then.

He'll have a lot of money tied up in those projects, so it's logical that they get priority.

wpa1975

10,309 posts

122 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Muzzer79 said:
To be fair to him, I get the impression that opportunities came along with the Murcielago and Porsche in particular, that he had to take there and then.

He'll have a lot of money tied up in those projects, so it's logical that they get priority.
Really, over 1 million views per video and lots of sponsors, doubt he has much money tied up.

Shrugging for victory

557 posts

78 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Slightly OT, I noticed that Chris Slix' neighbours have decided to move 😂 I can imagine that it's not a great experience living nextdoor to a workshop.

Muzzer79

11,128 posts

195 months

Wednesday 29th March 2023
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wpa1975 said:
Really, over 1 million views per video and lots of sponsors, doubt he has much money tied up.
I think he said that the Murcielago was around £100k to buy. He's then had to spend on the rebuild.

The Porsche was over $200k. Plus he must have dropped at least $75k in travel and parts so far.

The M5 was about £40k and he's spent around £10k on it.

So he has, conservatively, around 400 grand in the three main projects he has on the go. That's a lot of money tied up.

YouTuber or not, he'll be wanting to liquidate some of that before getting deep into something else.

Besides, he has a fairly small team. Three projects on the go is enough for them I suspect.