Why I Bought the Rustiest, Rarest Barn Find Classic Car (3 left on road) | Rancho WRX Part 1

I Bought an Ultra-Rare Barn (Field) Find Classic - I Have BIG Plans. In this episode Jonny Smith saves one of very first soft roader / Crossover cars (only a handful of Talbot Matra Ranchos are left) but discovers it might be too rusty to save. Then again, it might be prime candidate for a genius (silly?) body swap project. Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show. Subscribe to Yorkshire Car Restoration's channel for regular updates on this build: https://www.youtube.com/@yorkshirecarrestoration Thanks to Scooby Clinic for donating a classic shape Impreza Turbo 2000 AWD for the build: https://scoobyclinic.com/ Thank you to Questionable Car Club for discovering the Rancho and helping Jonny buy it: https://www.youtube.com/@Road2Rust 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 by Sam Renton, Mark Winney Villagrasa and Jonny Smith Edited by: Michael Dougie Douglass Thumbnail by: Matt Tarrant https://www.matttarrantdesign.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 0:38 The first soft roader crossover 0:55 3 left! 1:46 Land Rover Discovery 1 Inspiration 2:42 Matra Rancho HISTORY 3:55 First hot hatch ever? 4:47 Special edition Rancho X and Grand Raid 5:03 57,000 made 6:40 How rotten? 6:44 Visiting Yorkshire Car Restoration 7:40 Broken in half? 9:30 How rotten? 11:53 Subaru Wheelbase 18:36 Yorkshire Car Restoration 18:55 Body swapped VW K70 with Passat W8 23:33 Colin Furze BMW E30 #barnfind #bodyswap #classiccarsrescue #thelatebrakeshow #4k

Added 1 May 2026