FIRST Drive since Saving My Salvage Smart Brabus Roadster from Scrap Yard

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FIRST Drive since Saving My Salvage Smart Brabus Roadster from Scrap Yard. In this project car episode Jonny Smith finally drives his resurrected 2005 Smart Roadster Coupe Brabus that he'd seen in Trent salvage yard during filming a video on modern scrap yard operations. Rob and team at S2 Smarts https://s2smarts.co.uk/ (01525 203113) fits some final parts on the car before Jonny takes it for its first drive. Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show. THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY SMART https://uk.smart.com/en/ Thanks to Trents https://www.trents.co.uk/motor-salvage for letting Jonny acquire and save the Smart in the first place. Thanks also to www.evilution.co.uk - the greatest Smart enthusiast portal Why not join our Patreon gang for early access to episodes and a regular blog from Jonny? https://patreon.com/TheLateBrakeShow Smith & Sniff is the UK's #1 automotive podcast, where Jonny and ex Top Gear and Grand Tour script editor Richard Porter chat absolute rubbish for an hour, periodically mentioning car related topics. Listen now: Website: https://smithandsniff.com/index.html Apple music: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/smith-and-sniff/id1507539214 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vXayLsQaEsejoCtVdRpzv?si=1ZMkoiWuTrG9akz3XtyOSw Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Smith-and-Sniff/dp/B08K59D5SG?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=53f621d4-bfe4-4781-8e87-dc7bc922d62e Youtube: https://youtube.com/@smithandsniff?si=yZiWg1XVg1QcBbGt *********** Merch shop: https://thelatebrakeshow.com/shop ****** Become a Patreon supporter: https://patreon.com/TheLateBrakeShow ****** Website: http://www.thelatebrakeshow.com ****** SUBSCRIBE for a broad-church of automotive appreciation spanning EV, classic, modified and future tech. ******** Filmed and edited by: Sam Renton Thumbnail by: Matt Tarrant https://www.matttarantdesign.com **************** Jonny Smith Creative content maker, car presenter & car pervert for hire since '98 Website: http://www.carpervert.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jonnycarpervert Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/carpervert TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelatebrakeshow CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:56 New charge cooler radiator 1:58 Replacing charge cooler radiator 6:05 Trial fit 7:42 Rare option hard top conversion 9:15 FITTING HARD TOP 16:00 Finish charge cooler fitting 16:40 Smart showroom visit 18:55 New Smarts EV only 24:30 New wheels 25:10 Fitting new battery 25:40 FIRST DRIVE ON THE ROAD 27:14 Performance and specs 29:12 183,000 miles 30:53 Tweeting hard top 31:14 Bilstein suspension upgrade 31:35 Mat Armstrong salvage rebuild 32:30 Salvage category damage 33:45 What is peak era for cars? #abandonedbrabus #cheapestbrabus #smartroadster #thelatebrakeshow #4k