Body vin on offside suspension strut. They need to do a full diagnostic scan with JLR software. The VIN is also stored separately in instrument display, seat modules, kvm module, body control module etc etc. Surprised they haven’t thought of that .
You can recover the VIN number ( i think) electronically -- its within the ECU If you can recover it and get the car cheap enough it would be good project
Really upping the game now Dean. The Porsche looks horrendous, but you have been there before. Really looking forward to the next videos of all the rebuilds you have going on 👍😎
Rob and Chris @salvagerebuildsuk have got a jig if the porsche needs pulling, that crease in the roof looks scary, hope it's not🤞 looking forward to this one, keep it up Dean smashing it mate👍
Makes my blood boil seeing all these stolen cars wrecked. Neighbour had 2 SVRs and changed recently as he was fed up trying to protect them from being stolen.
I honestly think the TOPDON scanner you use to fix all your other cars may reveal the VIN via the ECU. Unless someone spent the time to change all those parts too.
It's a 'thing' that happens where the OBD socket has an extender fitted to it (close to the socket) which intercepts information such as the VIN when a tool requests it. However, it is usually easy to find the intercept device - it is physically in the loom.
Looking forward to this rebuild!! Absolutely love your videos fella, much better than the drivel on the telly box. Keep up the great work, and wish you every success as it's well deserved.
Its an SVO car and the build number sticker is clearly visible inside the driver door. Contact JLR as this number will cross reference with the chassis number.
You’d guess that if that satin blue is a factory colour this must be a rare bird and very few would be reported stolen fitting the description. I don’t think it would take a Hercule Poirot level insurance investigator to identify it!
Something you didn't mention in the video that could cost thousands is a missing ceramic disc I guess you have to buy a pair or complete set new rear caliper will cost a fair amount also 🤤
Been watching the highpeak channel. a trader. absolutely amazed how cheap older cars are in the UK The rest of the world is crying at the sheer waste. love the content thogh
Surely if the Range Rover was Matt blue from factory, Range Rover themselves could give a list of all customers who ordered that car brand new, then the police could see if any of them cars where reported stolen
Hard to work out if you are mad, almost totally mad or utterley irredeemably insane with no hope of redemption !! Golfs Audis TVR and so on , all unfinished or nearly not quite still waiting for bits and so on and so forth and a full time delivery driving job. Utterley fascinating to watch though and good luck with that Porsche which will need the whole of its back end taken to bits and frame jigged out . new back subframe and so on . Happy days !!
Oh no… that’s what I said when you said you’d bought it, said it before, I’ll say it again, you are BRAVE, Probably the best Copart walk around video I’ve seen, and I’ve seen a few, difference is you know what you’re talking about. You’re going to need that frame puller on this one Dean, wishing you all the luck, can’t wait….
Nothing seems to faze you, most people would walk away from the Porsche but no no you want it , amazing, waiting in anticipation to see a video on that one , love it nice one.
I was hoping you had won this Dean. What a beautiful car. Can’t wait for this build. Your content is awesome mate. Keep up the good work. Wish you all the best
Congrats on winning it look forward to rebuilding! Great info on Co part codes and how to look around a car an asses, pity copart won’t normally let you, I honestly think they would get higher prices if they did! I’ve come across multiple re-listings, quite often, normally private sellers seem to have very optimistic ideas of values of salvage and or course you wondered why they are selling or re selling a salvage in the first place! Great content
It should be etched on the right hand turret facing the engine. I work for LR at Solihull and have snagged 100s of 494s. That carbon bonnet is a rare option worth around 5k alone if I remember correctly. I'm sure the matt paint was a 5 figure option as well. I could put the vin from the windscreen into my computer at work but I'm 99% sure it'd be long off the system by now.
The GT4 fuse board is open as that's where you jumper onto to open the froot to access the battery. Had a flat battery in my Cayman I used to own so that's how I know.
I'm an ex branch assessing manager for NRMA Australia, the guy who makes the decision if its a write off or not, though in charge of all of the assessors that visit the panel beaters. Dont buy it, if it has the crease there, the whole car will never be in alignment and will be really bad at high speed. This car is not a car to drive slowly around town. Unless you want it for the farm steer clear of it. The Vin on the SVR should be under a plaque under the driver or passenger seat.
Carbon ceramic brakes at a £6000 option from factory order. I believe to replace a disc subsequently is about £5000 a corner. Fuse box open to get access to the front boot using a battery on the orange/red terminal.
Focus looked like it had the standard Ford binnacle issue with dry joints and all sorts of gremlins as a result. My Kuga has the same issue and the cluster is on its way to be repaired as we speak.
Hi i love your videos watch them all the time and as for the range rover all they have to do itls plug obd in and they will get the vin number that way
Hey Dean I thin the dust box cover is off as when they take a car onto the track some cars if you pull the fuse for the nanny state equipment ie abs airbags traction control etc it stops the car from firing the systems mid lap looking forward to seeing this one to see what the chassis Is like the dent in the roof at the top of the tailgate is easy ten minutes with a slide hammer welder
Its not going to be quite that easy my friend. Yes, the dent itself is an easy fix. It could actually be fixed with a PDR method I would guess. Whatever made it in the first place tho9ugh, that is likely going to be the problem.
Love it! Congrats on winning the Porsche. Looking forward to watching the build. Thank you for the inspiring channel, it gave me the encouragement to start my own. One day, maybe…I’ll be able to afford a proper sports car, to rebuild. Keep up the good work. P.S. on the Range Rover, is there anyway the manufacturer can trace the paint option? Or a dealer…mebbe a “hidden” vin?
Nice GT4! I'm puzzled by the dodgy Range Rover. To send it to CoPart surely you would have to legally own it? If you own it you would surely have originally had the VIN. Maybe someone knows how this can happen.
Body vin on offside suspension strut.
They need to do a full diagnostic scan with JLR software.
The VIN is also stored separately in instrument display, seat modules, kvm module, body control module etc etc.
Surprised they haven’t thought of that .
Exactly. But we all know how clever they are at Copart… 🤪
You can recover the VIN number ( i think) electronically -- its within the ECU If you can recover it and get the car cheap enough it would be good project
How many vehicles were specced out like that. How many police reports of thefts of said vehicles? Cross reference. Ta,da!
cannot be many late model Range Rovers in Matt Blue, that have been stolen in the last 6 months, but who knows!
You can pull the vin up on the dash on a 2008 audi! This lack of knowledge is why I'd never buy a car from copart unless I could see it myself
Really upping the game now Dean. The Porsche looks horrendous, but you have been there before. Really looking forward to the next videos of all the rebuilds you have going on 👍😎
Rob and Chris @salvagerebuildsuk have got a jig if the porsche needs pulling, that crease in the roof looks scary, hope it's not🤞 looking forward to this one, keep it up Dean smashing it mate👍
Makes my blood boil seeing all these stolen cars wrecked.
Neighbour had 2 SVRs and changed recently as he was fed up trying to protect them from being stolen.
I honestly think the TOPDON scanner you use to fix all your other cars may reveal the VIN via the ECU. Unless someone spent the time to change all those parts too.
It's a 'thing' that happens where the OBD socket has an extender fitted to it (close to the socket) which intercepts information such as the VIN when a tool requests it. However, it is usually easy to find the intercept device - it is physically in the loom.
Looking forward to this rebuild!!
Absolutely love your videos fella, much better than the drivel on the telly box.
Keep up the great work, and wish you every success as it's well deserved.
i love how you are not worried about big jobs. can’t wait to watch the build
The Porsche is a challenge for you, but if you can replace a roof on a BMW, I have faith in you Dean. Go for it mate 👍💯
Great to have the opportunity to look around!
Its an SVO car and the build number sticker is clearly visible inside the driver door. Contact JLR as this number will cross reference with the chassis number.
Yep agree, you can also plug in your diagnostics machine and many of the modules are vin locked.
Also the ID is programmed into the ECU
You’d guess that if that satin blue is a factory colour this must be a rare bird and very few would be reported stolen fitting the description. I don’t think it would take a Hercule Poirot level insurance investigator to identify it!
@@jamesl5149 yep most of the ecus will have it stored. Just need an OBD reader.
@@24k__J unless its a Lamborghini
Something you didn't mention in the video that could cost thousands is a missing ceramic disc I guess you have to buy a pair or complete set new rear caliper will cost a fair amount also 🤤
Also I think the lift driveshaft has been rammed into the differential and it is now missing.
Nice one Dean , you really are a glutton for punishment . Excited to see the transformation 👍🏼
Been watching the highpeak channel. a trader. absolutely amazed how cheap older cars are in the UK
The rest of the world is crying at the sheer waste. love the content thogh
dude, love the videos, you are killing it man! keep it up!
Damn, invited to copart. You must be the man. No way. What a shocker. The uk’s goonsquad. Can’t wait.
Surely if the Range Rover was Matt blue from factory, Range Rover themselves could give a list of all customers who ordered that car brand new, then the police could see if any of them cars where reported stolen
Data protection would stop that I imagine, and I don’t think Range Rover would invest much time into something that doesn’t benefit them
@@SavingSalvage possibly, but I don’t think they would have much choice if the police got involved.
Great video though 👍
@@ianmitchell9102 I don’t think it would be a police matter, their jurisdiction would end when the car was recovered.
surely the chassis numbers in the ecu
Ok Dean you definitely put me off making an offer on the Porsche 😂 and at 13 years old I would look silly driving it around anyway 😉, YEAH I wish ☹️.
Dean - mate - looks like a ripper this one. There’s a reason I like you videos before I watch them - just so good.
Hard to work out if you are mad, almost totally mad or utterley irredeemably insane with no hope of redemption !! Golfs Audis TVR and so on , all unfinished or nearly not quite still waiting for bits and so on and so forth and a full time delivery driving job. Utterley fascinating to watch though and good luck with that Porsche which will need the whole of its back end taken to bits and frame jigged out . new back subframe and so on . Happy days !!
Oh no… that’s what I said when you said you’d bought it, said it before, I’ll say it again, you are BRAVE, Probably the best Copart walk around video I’ve seen, and I’ve seen a few, difference is you know what you’re talking about. You’re going to need that frame puller on this one Dean, wishing you all the luck, can’t wait….
Nothing seems to faze you, most people would walk away from the Porsche but no no you want it , amazing, waiting in anticipation to see a video on that one , love it nice one.
Thats going to be hell of a repair. Congrats dudee.
I'm really glad you didn't leave us hanging at the end and told us, I was about to RAGE 😂😂
I was hoping you had won this Dean. What a beautiful car. Can’t wait for this build. Your content is awesome mate. Keep up the good work. Wish you all the best
Congrats on winning it look forward to rebuilding!
Great info on Co part codes and how to look around a car an asses,
pity copart won’t normally let you, I honestly think they would get higher prices if they did!
I’ve come across multiple re-listings, quite often, normally private sellers seem to have very optimistic ideas of values of salvage and or course you wondered why they are selling or re selling a salvage in the first place!
Great content
Congrats that’s going to be an exciting build. Thanks for sharing all your projects. Atb, Andy
Rob n Christ are masters at working with quarter panels, Easy repair for them to blokes,
OH! I didn't think you was going to go for it Dean, this is going to be great
Excellent can’t wait for you to get started
It should be etched on the right hand turret facing the engine. I work for LR at Solihull and have snagged 100s of 494s. That carbon bonnet is a rare option worth around 5k alone if I remember correctly. I'm sure the matt paint was a 5 figure option as well. I could put the vin from the windscreen into my computer at work but I'm 99% sure it'd be long off the system by now.
Going to be a great build, fancy the RS as well
Ohhh that GT4.. What an awesome piece of kit!!!
Mate, that was great video. Clifford Alarm back in the 90s was the "in thing" to have on your car...
it was a 20 min video that was released 13 mins ago, you still have 7 mins left.. haha, yeah I remember good old Clifford alarms back in the day
@@SavingSalvage I don't know about them but I don't have much time so I watch everything at 2x speed :))
Wow wow wow 😮 exciting times ahead... Another great video Dean 🙂 great mic drop btw
Dean congratulations on the win, I guess you did your homework on this resurrection I look forward to seeing you bring it back from the dead.
Wow Dean you beat me to it. I was biding on this GT4 2. Well at least I can just watch you fix it and not me. Can't wait for the videos good luck.
I wish you every success with the porshe Dean it's certainly going to make a good rebuild series
Nice one fella…looking forward to this one.
"I won it"...woohoo!!! Great repair challenge ahead!
Doesn't have the engine a unique number stamped into the block? You are crazy Dean!!! 🙂This Porsche is plain crazy!!
Massive update Dean, I love it!
Looking forward to this one 👌🏼 what was the front end damage you didn’t notice on the walk around?
Look at the bonnet/wing gap...
Wasn’t the bonnet open?
I'd be worried about the state of the gearbox if the drive shaft has taken such a hit. Will make great content Dean 👍
Ooooh, that bonnet is not straight, at all! Good luck with it Dean.
Looking forward to this one very much indeed fella👍🏻
Chassis number is on the drivers side suspension turret, in the engine bay.. I work for JLR dealership in Cornwall. Love your videos BTW
The GT4 fuse board is open as that's where you jumper onto to open the froot to access the battery. Had a flat battery in my Cayman I used to own so that's how I know.
I find this kind of video really cool to see all the cars, would be good if copart let you actually walk the yard in the future.
Wow Dean, you certainly like a challenge. Looking forward to seeing this one. But you'll sort it I'm sure.
Class....look forward to this motor in your channel
Looking forward to this rebuild and the resale price.. good luck with it.
Congrats Dean! Can’t wait to see you rebuild this beauty 😊
Awesome ending to the video! You deserve more subscribers and this will surely bring more traffic to your channel
Hope so!
That will be a very nice rebuild !!! A amazing project and hopefully with not to much troubles.......Great video !
Can't they plug the car in? Won't the cassis number be in the ECU? For the Range Rover
I'm an ex branch assessing manager for NRMA Australia, the guy who makes the decision if its a write off or not, though in charge of all of the assessors that visit the panel beaters. Dont buy it, if it has the crease there, the whole car will never be in alignment and will be really bad at high speed. This car is not a car to drive slowly around town. Unless you want it for the farm steer clear of it. The Vin on the SVR should be under a plaque under the driver or passenger seat.
That’s a very cool car. Will make great content. Enjoying your videos very much. 👍
Love that GT4....Right colour too..🤔😳😏😏🇬🇧
You are going to need a bigger workshop Dean! 🤣😬 keep smashing out the great content 👍😊
Or a maid.
Good luck with the GT4. Looking forward to the videos.
I've always had a soft spot for GT4's - really looking forward too this one 👍
Brilliant Dean, channel just gets better and better, well done 👍
Well done Dean, “wheels in a bit of a pickle “ 😂😂😂😂😂
Carbon ceramic brakes at a £6000 option from factory order. I believe to replace a disc subsequently is about £5000 a corner.
Fuse box open to get access to the front boot using a battery on the orange/red terminal.
Focus looked like it had the standard Ford binnacle issue with dry joints and all sorts of gremlins as a result. My Kuga has the same issue and the cluster is on its way to be repaired as we speak.
Clifford G5 alarm, I know those beeps all to well. They can be a right pain in the arse 😂
That Porsche has been on the Nurburgring in Germany the last owner thinks hey is Max Verstappen more money than Brains
Well done 👍, a great project 😀
Congratulations, looks like some good video’s coming up, 👍
ooof. Mate what a bargain. Looking forward to this one. Damage on the front right, guessing it's suspension related
What a car to get .. gonna be a cracking bit of kit
Love the MK2 Ford Focus RS, the way an RS car should look.
Hi i love your videos watch them all the time and as for the range rover all they have to do itls plug obd in and they will get the vin number that way
Hey Dean I thin the dust box cover is off as when they take a car onto the track some cars if you pull the fuse for the nanny state equipment ie abs airbags traction control etc it stops the car from firing the systems mid lap looking forward to seeing this one to see what the chassis Is like the dent in the roof at the top of the tailgate is easy ten minutes with a slide hammer welder
Its not going to be quite that easy my friend. Yes, the dent itself is an easy fix. It could actually be fixed with a PDR method I would guess. Whatever made it in the first place tho9ugh, that is likely going to be the problem.
Ah, nice, can't wait for the videos with the GT4. Congrats!
Great video Dean, , is the front offside wheel in at the bottom on the GT4 nevertheless it should make for a cracking rebuild
PCCB.... Those can get rich. Hope you didnt miss them... Got the carbon buckets inside too and seems like a high spec GT4.
Good luck on the Porsche build Dean. Hopefully nothing major and roof can be sorted. The Range Rover looked good and SVO get stolen alot unfortunately
Can’t wait for the content on this Dean. The Pyro fuse could be a concern. Can you actually get to it on this model?
Really looking forward to seeing how you go about repairing it .
Looking forward to this build 👍🏽
If your interested same spec Porsche but front end damage in a salvage yard in Scotland , had I look at it when I was doing a collection recently
Awesome. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Porsche 😎
with the svr why have they not plugged it in and retrieved the vin from the modules?
on the SVR ,look at the r/h suspension tower down on the side in between the tower and motor for the VIN , it should be stamped there
This will be a great build to follow! Good for you! ☺👌
Can get the SVR chassis digitally of the ECU, body or control modules
Go on Dean lad get the RS.
Love it! Congrats on winning the Porsche. Looking forward to watching the build. Thank you for the inspiring channel, it gave me the encouragement to start my own. One day, maybe…I’ll be able to afford a proper sports car, to rebuild. Keep up the good work.
P.S. on the Range Rover, is there anyway the manufacturer can trace the paint option? Or a dealer…mebbe a “hidden” vin?
Oh my god! that’s unreal can’t wait to see this one take shape
Is the Chassis twisted........ Keep up the content and hope the Car Delivering is still going smoothly 👍
Something in how the door closed... ???
Very cool, dean can't wait to see the gt4
Chassis number is on the dash options with ignition on, engine off.
What a great informative video. Thanks.
@20:18 congratulation look forward to the bilud
Has a svo sticker in the door with a build number onit. Surly if copart contact jlr they can find the build details?
The vin will be on the ecm. A decent scan tool should show?
Always look forward to your videos Dean. Keep them coming. Nice one.
On the Svr there is a VIN number on the rear arch under the liner that a lot of people don’t know about. Might be worth a look.
Nice GT4! I'm puzzled by the dodgy Range Rover. To send it to CoPart surely you would have to legally own it? If you own it you would surely have originally had the VIN. Maybe someone knows how this can happen.