I BOUGHT THIS EPIC CRASHED LAND ROVER DEFENDER 110 UNSEEN!...

I bought an awesome Land Rover Defender 110 unseen from a salvage auction, it was a massive gamble because it was expensive... but the more I look at it the more I wonder why it was even written off? Am I going to find massive hidden damage?

[@hambojock]

Lack of delivery dates for some parts is a major part of Insurers writing off JLR vehicles at present. You could soon rack up another £5k in storage and car hire costs for several months whilst waiting for parts.

[@knoxyish]

but not if you dont buy one.....unless your a poseur .

[@adrianward7888]

Maybe the delay on parts which made it not viable.

[@stevo4649]

thankyou Dean looking forward to this project,,👍👍

[@Josh-qv4sk]

Great car for the channel Dean! I’ve been hoping a salvage channel will pick one of these up! Looking forward to it!

[@evilutionltd]

I just bought and repaired a 6 month old 422bhp Smart Brabus #1 on my channel. It was written off in 300 miles by the previous owner. They wrote it off Cat S as well but the only structural damage I found was a golf ball size dent at the top of the A pillar. The rest of the damage was superficial. Cost about 4K in parts, body repair work and spraying. New, the car is £44,500 and I got it for 18K. So fixed it only cost just North of 22K. The reason it was written off was because they had no information on the arrival dates of some required parts so the insurance company could have been supplying a suitable replacement (like a Tesla Model Y) for in excess of 3 months so they cut their losses. Thankfully the parts only took 6 weeks so now I'm onto the proper job of modifying it.

[@SavingSalvage]

Mad isn’t it. Seems to be getting worse the insurance game! No wonder premiums are through the roof!

[@evilutionltd]

@@SavingSalvage the insurance companies get done dry by repairers as they know the car value so know exactly how much they can charge for a repair. So they quite often add on BS repairs or over-charge to come up to the value. Also, car hire places over-charge insurance companies for exactly the same reason. They often pay double. What made my written off car situation worse was it's an EV and many garages are still scared by the myths floating around. So the companies that do work on them can over-charge too. In my case, Mercedes quoted for the work. For the amount they charge for normal work would write off most uncrashed cars that go in, lol.

[@cmartin_ok]

... but IMHO it's insane and wrong to write a car off and put a category on it when ther main reason it's not going to get repaired is the estimated cost of providing a loan vehicle whilst its being repaired. We need another category, or may these lightly damaged vehicles shouldn't get any category?

[@eQuASiANXane]

I knew i recognised that plate! Service documents confirmed it was local to me. What a donut that lad was.

[@TBGRocks]

I certainly didn't see this one coming!! Looking forward to this.

[@davidmatthews6104]

Beware of the ingenium engine Dean, its a woeful engine and is plaqued with continuous problems that JLR failed to cure, timing chains are most common and I personally have changed these engines with chain failure with less than 10k miles, I haven't known an ingenium get past 50k without issues, the lifters seize in the head because JLR recommend in my opinion the wrong oil, they're just a nightmare full stop ! Timing chain is gearbox end and is a absolute nightmare to change and the chain is so pathetically small it looks like something from a mini moto, that's what happens when an engine designed to run on petrol gets converted to run on diesel, as this exactly what the ingenium is, it works fine as a petrol engine but not up to the task of a diesel engine, if your thinking of keeping this vehicle please bare this in mind as what I'm saying is 100% genuine from previous experience as as a JLR master tech 👍

[@miketucker7466]

Think they have sorted them I gave one from 2020 hell for over 60000miles

[@anurbanpenguin8890]

What oil do they recommend and what do you think a better choice would be?

[@miketucker7466]

@@anurbanpenguin8890 it was just serviced at the Land Rover intervals using what ever oil they use. Early ones relied on splash lubcrication for the upper parts of the timing chain and that looked like it caused wear on the one my mate had in bits on his bench It’s a amazing engine but to little for a defender - but the back door was more annoying

[@pnd7727]

Thanks for telling me all this. I won't get one now.

[@mnegus1811]

@@miketucker7466they definitely haven’t sorted them. I work for JLR and do timing chains, balance shafts and engines weekly

[@wynhughes9072]

Although it's £5k for parts ( They haven't told you yet if some of those parts are on back order? )I would have thought the labour charges plus courtesy car rental over a prolonged time period would more than doubled that cost.

[@paultaylor9652]

Very true.

[@uiscebeatha9476]

I think you are the first channel to do one of these. I think it will make for a good series.

[@jpdom1]

I was thinking the same thing. Look forward to this

[@neilballam8701]

See how pt2 goes - he could be the last.....

[@SyncMan172]

LR vids always get a fair amount of audience so this is great to see

[@James_Watson49]

Awesome find Dean, good luck! I've got one and love it, reckon you will too when it's done!

[@chrisevans403]

I have been waiting for one of these to be salvaged, great!

[@michaelmccann4706]

I like it, totally cool. Massive pair of spuds on you as usual for tackling these types of jobs. Hope it works out well.

[@markevans5596]

My Missus once went into the back of a bread van with our "old" Defender 90, so hard that we found out they had to cut the back doors off it to get the bread out. Our Defender, well the numberplate was a bit broken 😂

[@kevinmoffatt]

Sorry, when I first read this I thought it said 'get the dead out'. Whew.

[@markevans5596]

@@kevinmoffatt she didn't hit it THAT hard...

[@AndyK.1]

French bread van no doubt

[@carllamb6711]

Hi Dean, hope everything goes to plan mate. It could be an exciting build fingers crossed mate. 😊😊😊😊

[@sidwaysalex]

I love these defenders glad your doing something different

[@SyncMan172]

Excellent, will stay tuned to this one for sure. Great series this will be

[@chasmcl42]

Great episode looking forward to the follow up 🙏🙏

[@imhaych2590]

You should contact Urban or other similar companies and ask them what they do with parts they replace on their vehicles

[@AJ-yw5zy]

Just try any sea port, bound to find containers full of parts or bits of cars, might even find one with the engine still running.

[@georgedaville4662]

Never run a JLR without a warranty! Gap insurance is also good value back to invoice when written off. Lots of older Évoqués and Discovery Sports in the market all at around 50-60 miles coming off PCP.! All could potentially have an engine issue looming ? Great content Dean, j hope it’s us a sweet one for you. Think carefully about using in your business as a tow vehicle, could be an expensive move! 🤔

[@gunton21]

Wise words

[@AJ-yw5zy]

So so true, keep well away from them, unless you like a ticking bomb under the bonnet, those Ingenium Engines are lethal.

[@DeanWorrall-fm5bo]

Top car. Looking forward to seeing it repaired

[@strapamotortoit]

Before you celebrate, get a chassis check done. Any reputable bodyshop will have an electronic measuring system to measure various points underneath the car. And also have a wheel alignment done. From experience that right front leg could be over slightly. If it’s moved any more than 5mm it *technically* has to be replaced.

[@martinhenrybezer8516]

I like them ... like the kit on it makes it look better ... as for the fix ?? ...

[@brentgilmore3281]

Great purchase my friend! Thats my favorite Model. I see one parked in our Doctors lot at work and it’s awesome! We don’t see many over here in East Texas USA

[@darrenjones1551]

Great Video Dean

[@liamegan4303]

Hi Dean. Very nice. This will make a bit of a change for you Dean. A good one I hope, there doesn't seem to be much damage, just what you showed us, lol. Famous last words. It's totally crazy that this is a Cat-S like you said, Dean, I don't understand, great video, hurry up Part-2. Thanks Dean 👌💯🥰🇨🇮

[@michaelstevens7533]

Gonna enjoy this one, and looks like they kept them easy for people to get to everything

[@splatmanhooha4264]

absolutely love these, should be interesting to watch

[@barrygilmour7]

Nice looking motor Dean and think this will be an easy turnaround, unlike some of the last projects

[@ShockWaveGamings234fg321f]

Ive just drove 1 and inspected everything beforehand, omg this is such a well made car. Lots of landrover haters in comments but you wont want to give this car up once you own it.

[@Steveom]

Is this the first car you’ve driven…?

[@deanharriss2029]

Nice work Dean looking forward to this

[@chrisp4899]

Very capable off roader had a demonstration ride in one very refined too

[@ianlowe5221]

Depending on what you paid it could be a winner Dean. I too have never been a Land Rover fan, but the latest 110's look so cool and fetch such good money they're something I've been looking at. That one is defo a 40k + car , it looks stunning and will sell instantly.

[@steveegginton535]

Interesting to see you tackling a non VAG car for a change. Lots of reports of parts supply problems with JLR recently which may have been a factor in the decission to write this one off. Having said that there seem to be lots of crazy things going on in the car insurance world just now hence the outrageous price hikes!! Anyway could be a good result for you look forward to the rebuild.👍

[@supercarssupremo1333]

Great video

[@soapyvanshoey3179]

Love this car

[@canheapravind5052]

Nice project ❤❤🎉🎉🎉 bro keep it up

[@chrisstatham4534]

Looking forward to this build. Much better than watching people re-build another supercar.

[@eamonkelly2792]

That's a nice jeep, it's nice to see something different every now and again hopefully it will be an easy fix for you

[@AgtX999]

Jeep defender

[@DizzBoos]

It's no Jeep 😂

[@scottallman9324]

They will include labour probably over 100 an hour plus bonnet wing and allowance for anything they might have missed so my guess is it was borderline so they just played safe and wrote it off

[@newdefendermods]

Wow! So epic it drives with pretty much no front on it 🤩👍🏽

[@ewanperridge3387]

the landrover looks good love the roof spotlights great video as always

[@mrmawson2438]

Cheers Dean

[@jonathon1799]

Yes ! something very different I am looking forward to watching this

[@kevinnye5132]

Dean you gone all “ GANGSTER “😮, mean looking car and can just see you driving it wearing a bandanna and massive gold diamond encrusted cross on an anchor size chain round your neck 😂, you gotta keep this one lol 😂

[@Heremenow497]

How old do you think he is 😂😂😂

[@kevinnye5132]

@@Heremenow497 Yeah Dean is pushing it a little 😁 but I was trying to cheer him up 😉

[@knoxyish]

gangsta!! or is the word mug?? its awful dean has got this for the content i get that but who in there right mind would buy one? innit!

[@kevinnye5132]

@@knoxyish Be careful or he may send some of his Gang / Boys round for calling him a Mug 😂😂, they don’t call “ Papa Dean “ for nothing ya know “ innit “ 😉

[@danners]

Lovely car.

[@knoxyish]

ooooh yeah lovly!!! innit!

[@GarageItYourself]

Sideways impact to the front end I'd wager with how the crash bar had bent to the LDH side. Hence I'd get the chassis rail check for alignment as could well be why the assessor took one look and wrote the vehicle off.

[@swdman1234]

I managed to put a slight crease in the front passenger door edge and it cost me nearly £900 so £5K for an entire front assembly sounds great. I was also rear ended by a van when it was 6 months old (20 plate) and it stood up really well but the dealer insisted the deployable tow bar needed replacing and it tools months as it was on back order.

[@paulbegley6404]

Great channel. find it strange though that little damage done to parts and number plate, for front end smack. It'll Look good when its finished....

[@williammacdonald1987]

Liked this video mate really good ,hope you don't find anymore damage

[@johnthelwell3244]

My nephew had one. It was a dismal unreliable thing. Ended up having a new engine at 17000 miles.

[@kevinmoffatt]

Came so close to making the same mistake. Trouble is, we hear all the stories and think 'it won't happen to me' and, in cases where I've done that, it has happened to me.

[@mariebrady4625]

Done your job pal well done

[@mikepalmer7687]

Great car

[@PK73]

A perfect workhorse for your car transportation business

[@ridgmont61]

Interesting car - I would like one.

[@Kiwiadventurerandoverlander]

Get rhino 4x4 bull bar installed instead of getting the lower front trims and also get the rhino fog lights etc much better than OEM

[@k8vnl]

Love these.This is going to be a good video.

[@T.S.T2014]

It’s great change from all the tread mill cars that many many KZbinrs fall over each other doing all the time.

[@johnelbro127]

Love these, but do love Range rovers, have a L405. Looking forward to the videos. 👍👍👍👍

[@SuperMinimadness]

Dean salvage rebuilds just did land rover and the chassis leg has an aluminium sacrificial part at the front and it was on back order with a delivery estimate then of 8 to 10 weeks recon that’s why it’s a cat s.

[@StaticVapour590]

We have had a few Jaguars and Land Rovers at our shop beginning of this year and spare part delivery times for Jaguar were like 2-3 weeks for engine mounts, exhaust components and brake hoses. Land Rover was similar case with door lock bowden cables and other smaller bits. During the "component crisis" part delivery times were like month or two. Maybe they wrote the car off due to part availability or the insurance company was simply given way too high of an estimate for repairs by shop(s)

[@garypreston266]

Not alot of damaged Lovely bit of kit and great content wondering what price you paid

[@waymanbarneyawesomecardude9561]

Porsche looked awesome on Gassed on Track❤

[@VikTorious777]

It’s a lovely example of a defender I must say

[@autoazure]

Surely some enterprising company can supply upgraded timing chains etc!

[@dashcamdaz1549]

Can’t wait for this to come up on Compete For Cars!

[@mennoboon8037]

Really cool car i like it👍

[@barrycardno1646]

Hi Dean in your pricing of £5000 for parts you omitted main dealer labour costs. Great video mate

[@hojo9115]

Looks good I think getting parts might be a struggle

[@markfarrier1711]

Nice motor

[@1chish]

Remember that an insurance company will be charged full Land Rover labour rates as well as original Land Rover parts. However that would still be less than the vehicle is worth so as you say: Why? Still you can get that Cat S removed after its rebuilt by contacting a firm called 'Autolign' who do vehicle checks for the DVLA. The V5 is then recorded as 'Checked by Autolign' and is therefore back to factory specification. That is a very well specced car and worth some money.

[@Forest_Pawzz2014]

Looks very much like the G Wagon 👌

[@KirkVSSpock]

that car has been written off because of parts availability ! This counts into insurance calculation, as they have to provide the same car category while the work is done, so if some parts are not available now or soon, then it costs more to the insurance to pay the rent for the customer than the car itself.

[@cammmy]

That bent crash bar will be enough to make it Cat S. Value is no longer relevant to the category. Apparently even a bent bracket that holds a wing on will make it Cat S. It's anything considered structural.

[@Lemming1970]

how can it be structural if it's a bolt on/bolt off part? Insurance has gone bonkers. I'm going to go on a little rant now. I have an EV, yes I know how dare I 🙂. First thing people say is that they are written off for small bumps.... I guess that's not an EV thing but an insurance thing.

[@deanmatthowes]

that is one lovely looking motor...........will it be up to win ????

[@anthonyg4671]

i would say no, he wants it a towing but never say never.

[@stewartstewartstewart]

Another great vid… although you still have some wild exposures. Time to upgrade the potato

[@daycurrie9705]

I’ve just had a headlamp panel come for mine mate, they’re on back order😬 I waited about 4 weeks

[@HQBProductions]

I’m sure you will get it fixed up soon….please do not get fixated by the many gloom spreaders that will forecast misery in one way or another.if properly serviced with CORRECT oils and done at correct times, these are fine including the engines. Yes the ingenium was very underdeveloped when it appeared in 2014 but major improvements have sorted out the troubles. I can say that after 15 years with JLR cars, they have been a troublefree delight…and I have just got a new Range Rover Sport Autobiography Hybrid and after 1250 miles in the first three weeks..all is perfect! Good luck…remember there are many aftermarket styling retailers so if any parts are slow, you can often source them from those specialists. I did have to get a rubber mat set from Powerful U.K. and mudflaps from Stormer in N.I…but pleased..you have a good car and hopefully you got it under £40,000!! 😀😀😀😀

[@DavidMenteith]

My old baby. Still runs A dream

[@colinbrown3364]

Back in the day my old man had a 3 year old Sierra written off because they couldn't get a new tailgate.

[@anthonywalker5206]

It will be smart when it's done. Have to put on a snorkel for the exhaust, I think I got it right. I am no mechanic. Great video 👍

[@macca2760]

I think the rite cars could take this channel to another level , interesting one this and so was the Audi you did

[@Emberescan12]

What’s the lead time on the parts? My best mate works for Direct Line as an assessor, they write a lot of JLR stuff off because of the lead time of the parts. Also,separately check the steering rack for cracks theres an issue with the, cracking.

[@pcgrey69]

Helpful parts department.. .

[@Bnm-fk9fi]

Don’t understand the haters on this car? I think it looks great? Can’t wait to see the end result 😁

[@Sophie333C]

It’s has got the urban kit on it, if the bonnet is the carbon one it will cost you. My bother has the same car with the full urban kit!

[@jeffshaw4553]

Wow bit pricey on parts mate 😭😭😭good luck mate and well done 👍🏽👍🏽

[@user-fz8ep5ey4v]

Love it ❤

[@davidtomasulo9406]

awesome car. never straight forward, but heres hoping.

[@Porky190]

It may well be parts availability…. We’ve waited months for JLR parts there could also be possible storage charges and like for like courtesy/hire car charges at ridiculous costs, it’s just far cheaper to write cars off and pay costumer out which is usually a finance or lease company.

[@planetzogg1]

Unless it's something major, lack of parts availability and the cost of a hire car until repairs are complete being more than 50% of the value of the landy is my guess as to why it was written off.

[@adrianowen6524]

That looks like a beautiful land rover actualy Dean not sure what they like machanicly because i have herd different opinions on them im sure that youl be aware of that good luck with it dean im sure you'll have it looking like new very fast man!. 👌✨👌✨👌👍👍✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨

[@mikecollyer701]

Supply of spare parts was dire during the last 6 months after the JLR warehouse parts supply chain re-organisation, therefore long delays with hire car cover could have caused the Cat S write off Dean. Should be a great build if you can find the bits !

[@channelwhywhywhy]

Hi Dean could it of been repaired previously on a Cat S and it's had another accident? Nice car BTW. Looks like you have a bargain!

[@kiwitrains]

Great

[@dougsinden6881]

Plus the courtesy car.

[@kostas7973]

Please fix the TVR it’s been over a year

[@clivelewington9114]

wicked motor and i thik its going to be a easy fix how much was it

[@KatlegoMac]

This is a video that made me subscribe.

[@socaly]

Nice something a bit different 👌