In Europe, they play this strange game where a ball is kicked around a field for 90 minutes. They call it football, but over here it’s known as soccer and the people that play it get paid a lot. An awful lot, actually. So much so that one soccer player had enough to buy an $880,000 custom Rolls Royce that he crashed and wrote off after covering just 1,000 miles.
Manchester United player Marcus Rashford was the proud owner of a 2023 Rolls Royce Wraith Black Badge, which had been heavily modified by Mansory. After taking delivery of the car just last year, Rashford crashed and totaled the Wraith in September, with it suffering extensive damage after hitting a pole and another car.
The Wraith then ended up in a salvage yard and was put up for auction, with YouTuber and BMX rider Mat Armstrong buying it up. Now, Armstrong is documenting his ambitious plan to return the luxury Roller to the road.
Armstrong took delivery of the wrecked Wraith back in March after paying around $230,000 for the remains of Rashford’s car, he explained in his first video on the build. At that point, he identified everything wrong with the Wraith, which included suspension issues, troubles starting up, lack of drive and worst of all, the umbrella is even missing.
Since then, Armstrong has published a few updates to show where he’s at with the rebuild of Rashford’s Mansory Wraith, including the (not very) surprising revelation that it needed a lot more work than he expected.
In his latest video, which is linked above, Armstrong explained some of the hurdles he’s run into so far, which included finding out just how much work needed doing on the car, and the (again, shocking) revelation that Rolls Royce parts are pretty expensive. We’re talking nearly $10,000 for a rear fender for the Wraith and more than $1,500 for a replacement Mansory badge.
Because of this, Armstrong’s latest plan for the car’s resurrection is to strip an older Wraith down for parts. This way, he can save getting too many pricey parts like rear fenders direct from the luxury automaker.
If you’ve got a spare hour or so, it’s a fun series of videos to catch up on and will no doubt be one to watch out for as the weeks, build and ever-expanding budget continues.
Do you think Armstrong will be able to get the Wraith Black Badge back in ship shape? Let us know in the comments below.
