Mat Armstrong got SCAMMED on his Murcielago project!

Finally the real story comes out!

It has been so much fun to see Mat's well-deserved success with these projects.

Thanks so much for having me over!!

I worked at Everyman Racing, and they treated me like trash. The guy who sold you the car used to bully me. He also used to stare at me and give me extreme anxiety. That company doesn’t deserve the costumers it gets, it’s filled with toxic people and it’s a shame to see how good employees are treated

Rule of thumb, never try to scam or outhustle someone who is going to bring your shit to light to millions of people. That track company has gone from just a track experience company to a scam company for just 100,000 pounds. What a shame

If you are listening to this guy for the first time, he and his father are some of the best guys on the internet when it comes to good wholesome entertainment as they work together to repair damaged vehicles. Compared to all the stupid crap that actually exists on the internet, this is one of the one redeeming channels that I enjoy watching that actually put a smile on my face as the two work hard together.

This was a huge project and it has been so much fun to see Mat knocking it out. Can't wait to see it reach the Gumball finish line!

I worked for said experience company as a photographer for almost a decade and I photographed this car so many times over the years. I know the car has been abused to hell and its the same as all of the cars that are in that hanger. The whole place is ran by a bunch of con artists that treat their customers like cattle. Everything is ran on a shoe string from the cars to the staff at that place. The events and offices are ran on fear and intimidation by the people at the top. They hire kids that love cars with dreams of glamour and the high life, pay them the bare minimum and work them like dogs. One of the worst places to work ever.

Freddy’s kindness showed by helping Mat out. It’s too bad there were so many parts that didn’t come with the car but Mat & his dad did a great job restoring it.

That track experience company is so unprofessional and should honestly be held accountable!!!

I remember watching Mat when he was a small Clip-Sharer with his Audi. The comeup is unreal and the interest in these types of videos has grown rapidly.

Mat is without doubt one of the best Clip-Sharers currently. His enthusiasm and ability to make consistently enjoyable videos is extremely difficult and he deserves every success he’s having and in the future. I look forward to the channel growing and watching future projects.

Mat's channel is the one I'm watching most right now. His builds and getting to see how family support him have been a true joy.

Watching Mats content is a joy. Such a good guy with lots of positive energy and love for cars.

Right from episode 1 this was clearly a honey trap for Matt, but the perseverance from his Dad and himself has been great to watch. Great to see it tackled for what it is, and raised from the dead

Matt and his dad are truly amazing people who never give up. Inspiring.

Mat reminds us that being a hard worker is not only the key to success, but also makes being a good (and sane) person easier. Rather than spending time and energy on having been wronged, he (after what I imagine were a few profanity-laden conversations with his team) just got on with the damn thing - which, at the end of the day, is all anyone can do really.

I love Matt always positive and laughing in very disappointing moments. Thanks so much for having me over!!.

I love Matt always positive and laughing in very disappointing moments

Mat is a Rockstar in his rebuilding. Love the attitude of jumping in and figuring it out later! BANG ON BROTHER!!!

you can't not love Mat Armstrong's passion, hard work and he does it with a smile that's not just joyful, its also extremely interesting......

A harsh lesson learnt here for Mat, but great resilience and perseverance in rebuilding that engine and getting it running. It truly is a dream car and you can’t fault him for jumping at the opportunity. Shame on those shady sellers though. Hope Mat completes the project and enjoys that car to the fullest

Its great to see Matt finally get his flowers. His channel is nothing short of inspirational

I’m so proud of Matt and his dad putting the engine and the car back together and running, What an achievement, they deserve all the luck and the car a second better life!

Matt’s channel has been the only thing I always check every day for new content. The dude is truly in his happiness rebuilding cars and it makes the content that much better. If you’d asked me who I want to be when growing up I would have said Matt Armstrong 😂

I love this guy!! I hope for nothing but success for Matt in all he does. It has been cool watching his journey to this point.

Sometimes the journey makes the bond stronger. Bringing a formerly tracked car back to life isn’t the best decision financially but the experience is priceless. Great job!

Unbelievable how bad some of these scams are! Some people are ruthless when it comes to money. Pure lies & no remorse! Well done to Matt for getting the build this far!!! 👏🏼

“The mechanic went to prison for robbery.” The irony… Matt’s a legend and the story of this car and his journey with it only makes it more special

100k for that wreck was absolutely a scam from that company, name and shame them was the best thing to do!!!
Super happy it turns out to be a huge success on youtube for Matt, i think he is one of the best youtuber around with load of enthusiasm!!!

Admire Matt more each time he accomplishes each project and keeps moving forward. All the best to him and all his future endeavours.

Yo, Matt is one of my new favorite CarTubers. He laughs and smiles the whole damn time, it's the best hahaha

A very honest interview. I suspected something was up with the company Mat got the car from, but stunned they were this bad. I’d love to know who they are to avoid them. Keep up the great work Mat.

I've been following Mat's series on the rebuild and I just have to say, he and his father have done an outstanding job! My hat is off to them.

I love following Matt. He seems like such a nice guy and a hard worker.

Matt is so full of life its so fullfilling and joyful to watch him do his thing 👌🏻😊

Mat may have been ripped off by the people who sold him the car but the rebuild has been some of the best content on YT plus it got his dad involved a lot more in the channel which is great. Some people would have seen it as a disaster but Mat turned the whole thing into a triumph, he's that kind of positive energy personality I suppose.

I'm glad to hear ppl are bugging the track experience company about this 💯

Never seen this bloke before or heard this story but I've instantly become a fan. Amazing story and an incredible rebuild. Mat seems like such a good hearted lad, the positive vibes are immaculate.

How many Subscribers did Matt have before the Murcielago? The people who robbed him also gave him just that thing that blew his channel up, the kicker being Matt deserves it. Genuinely nice lad obviously loving what he is doing whilst spending a load of time with his old man and setting up their future. And we get to enjoy watching it happen. HWBT

Mat is fast becoming one of my favourite Clip-Sharers. Great content, regular and well edited

The build has been wild, the story is just as crazy! The project with his dad is awesome.

such an epic rebuild! cant wait to see the 3000km trip

What a lovely guy 😊 well done for pushing through and making it run

When Mat tries to analyze where the car comes from, what it has undergone and what it has gone through is like watching a documentary about somebody's family tree going back 150 years...

Have to admire a person with that kind of passion and perseverance on any kind of project.
His attitude at every issue was proceed and carry on with a smile.
Not all of us are like that.
It was a passion project that through thick or thin he will complete it.

Love that Matt has come so far and now to see him on vin wiki and in the company of Freddy and alike is amazing can't wait for gumball ..well done lads

Good on you Mat. Hope a certain track day company get to see this and how a professional deals with issues. Car is sick as mate.

Great story of a man and his Dad and a car with character, love it

Hope y'all do a follow up story with his GT3 now that he's on the tail end of it. Such a good personality that makes it extremely entertaining to watch his builds.

Good story. He put so much effort into that build.

I’m sure I’m you haggled and left they would have crawled back, 7 years of being stored and it never moved. I’m watching the rebuild and previous ones, always well put together videos and great content!

It’s great to get even more backstory on this build, even after watching each MA episode. Having the story told with Uncle Touchy’s No-No Basement as the backdrop is the icing on the cake. Cheers to you all.

I’m happy for you matey. You chased your dream. And it came true. Hard work can pay off , Fingers crossed it makes the full GB rally 🙏

This is an incredible job well done and a even better story. I can’t imagine the work that even went in to that car. It sounds like it should of been rolled off a bridge 5 times

Mat keeps it real, thus so relatable. Such a pleasure following all of his projects on yt,

Good luck on Gumball and I hope you keep the Lambo for many, many years to come.
I followed the whole reconstruction and all the respect to you and your loved ones that you managed to reach where you are.

You are the only person i believe can come out on top on this build ,sometimes you have to suck it up,even though its a lot of dollar... but as you say Mat H W B T 💥💥💥💥

Good on you for sticking with it & making it whole again, I did not know how much you were stuffed around by the place you got it from or there was a partition, I'd be interested to sign it for you & I'm sure my friends & their friends I have recommended your channel to would sign it in solidarity, cheers.

Big fan of Mat Armstrong! thanks for bringing him for an episode!

I knew he’d been scammed on this car from the beginning. Absolute thieves charging him what they did. That said, awesome job bringing this car back to life and caring for it the way it should be.

Can’t believe how upbeat Mat was in all the rebuild videos 🙌🏻 top man 🤟🏻

For an extra 80k you could of had a 2020 hurricane evo in the UK for sale on PistonHeads atm.
I've watch the whole build from day 1 on Matt's channel and am always impressed with him and his Dad how they manage to rebuild all these high end cars, especially the M5 Competition he did, what a beautiful car and what an amazing job he did on it.
Will always follow his rebuilds and hope for the best for him and his channel. ❤

This guy... Really doesent deserve this. He is one of ghe most enthousiast persons over here.

This guy is amazing....just full of knowledge...if he doesnt know,he figures it out....love it. Thanks mat

the energy that this guy have!!! amazing! thanks for all the amazing work!

Your such an inspiration to so so many people keep it up sir tomthedecorator

Mat channel is next level! The excitement from his joy is just pure awesomeness!

Glad you've nearly got there Matt in the end. A running Murcielago!

That car should have been sold for £50k Matt u got good energy a lot of good things will come to you keep posting buddy 👍🏾

Ouch, sorry to hear about your experience Mat. Hopefully its a lesson in paying most of this purchase price but withholding a percentage as a retention sum until they actually supply the missing parts....

Incredible story. Glad you managed to get it running and drive it the Gumball Ralley 😎

The mileage doesn’t matter to me, you have replaced EVERYTHING:) I have loved watching your videos:) we can see you have done alright out of it, keep it FOREVER:)

I hope that everyone is bypassing the test track company 👍🏼

Raise your hand, if you believe Everyman Racing, should do the right thing. Money comes and goes, your name, reputation, and the legacy of your business will
live on. Do the right thing, 50% refund at the least. Big ups to you and the crew Mat🙌🏽✌🏽

It’s been a while but that was a great story. Building something from scratch is different. I have a bike that was my dad’s. (The one in my pic.) When I got it, it had all of the stuff I didn’t like. So I built it the way I wanted it. Got offered $15,000 for it, but will never sell it. Because it’s mine.

I love Matt's channel, such a nice bloke. Still cant believe he gave them £100k for it though 😞

Mat the mileage should be on a EPROM chip
A device called orange5 EPROM reader should be able to read the data. The chip should be voltage and reverse polarity protected.

I think more amazing than this build is Matt's patience with that company and the whole situation. Still giggling and going with the flow; i damn well know it couldnt be me lol.

Matt is one of my favorite content creators. I’m so glad y’all got him on here

What a crazy story. These are the stories I come here to listen to.

Idk why but I like this build a lot, I think it’s because we can all relate to you, your just like every other “normal” guys out there and you rebuilt a lambo and got a decent deal on it, and that gives a lot of guys hope..

I’ve been a subscriber of Mat’s for ages. His channel is entertaining and inspiring. I don’t recall Mat ever mentioning the name of the experience day company on his channel and he doesn’t in this video, but some of the commenters have mentioned a name. In case it’s just rumour I won’t mention the name but I had wondered whether it might be that one. I had an experience day with them a few years ago and when I came to drive my final car of the day, a McLaren MP4-12C, before we set out onto the track I noticed a tyre pressure warning light was showing. The instructor I was with was a sound enough chap but gave me some story about a faulty sensor that they couldn’t fix because they do their own maintenance. It was against my better judgement, but I went out anyway because I didn’t want to miss out on the experience, which turned out to be great.

This is amazing! I can’t think of a Lamborghini I’d want more. Clapped out but saved and brought back to life! Amazing job!

I’ve watched the series from the beginning, but this was really fascinating to watch, and learn more about the on goings behind the scenes.

You always hope that there is some negative karma towards the race day people who did this to Mat. Decent bloke, doing a decent and very interesting thing, getting ripped by second rate people - is not a nice thing to have.
Complaining to Mat about the negative stuff from Mats followers is just poor, if they had any decency left they would send Mat his money back. And perhaps post a video of them doing so.
Good luck Mat, love your videos, and the fact you are bringing wrecked cars back to life.

Nothing beats that feeling the first time you get in your project and it moves under its own power.

Matt and his father did a great rebuild, however all the judges out there need to watch all the videos. Maintaining and rebuilding rare cars is troublesome, and even Matt himself took to 'corner cutting' during his rebuild. They did a great job, and watching it driven was awesome. But don't judge too quickly about what steps may need to be taken during such car builds or repairs.

Great guy, his determination is always on point.

Thank you for coming out with the truth, f those who scammed you, your a big youtuber im pretty sure this video is going to affect their brand for sure.

Used car sales is very shady. Always get every agreement in writing and even then, it’s a gamble. Best of luck to you and great content!

Mat , it’s a lesson well learnt. One makes bad decisions due to lack of experience and you gain experience by making bad decisions. Wish you all the best mate and it’s such a pleasure watching all your videos.

Hard work, patience and dedication pay offs. Only a few will understand the "I will never sell the car, if it breaks I will start again"

This is the best VinWiki car stories I’ve seen, since I’ve been following this rebuild from scratch. The full backstory adds so much more to the ongoing saga 😂

I felt Matt got scammed soon after he purchased it and I had a bad feeling. Not happy to hear my gut feeling was true, those track-day guys are absolute crooks. I hope they pay for their thieving ways.

Imagine selling mat a ringer with the following he has now,I bet that track day companies trust pilot/trip advisor has gone downhill 😂😂😂

The original instrument cluster might be able to be repaired. It's probably a voltage regulator and supporting components that are fried, not the downstream logic. Source: I'm an EE.

Based on the $80k that Freddie paid for his with the engine intact I thought at the time you paid way over the top for yours, that said you own a manual Murcielago and I don't (yet)! I hope it goes all the way in Gumball trouble free Matt!

You have to tell everyone the name of the Track experience company so we’ll never go there or suggest people not to go there. We should not support dishonest people. Congratulations for the rebuilding. You guys are fantastic. Say hello to your dad, I love when he laugh out loud.

The driving experience school is totally out of order, they would of cashed in on your car , times over. Companies like that need to be named and shamed. Mat is so likeable and you can tell, first hand that he is such a genuine person. I bet that the driving experience school changes it’s name