From The Late Brake Show.
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.
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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
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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?
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