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In Quebec safety inspection are more of an suggestion than a law! I seen shit you would not believe. I must thank you for all the tips of what to look for defenders over here in the EU had 1 for sale that had tipped over in a ditch no rust and mostly damage to rear box that had a lean to it. sold for $4000 I have a friend in sherbrooke who still in the trade!

10:40 New screen is probably how it got the inspection sticker, Mike. What a mess.

all i can say is ...... i'm Glad its not mine . Plenty of work there Mike that will keep you busy thru the winter months

I am happy with the condition of this Land Rover, a good test for Mike, and us too watch his magic and grit at work.

“It’s got a Covid mask...it’s up to date”. Lol

"Filler Queen." Very good Mike.

Wow! How the hell did that pass any sort of an inspection! Good look mike, think you are going to need a new pen after making the list of faults!

WOW! I was looking for a old Rover as a camping /adventure rig but when I seen the what they're going for I ended up with a isuzu trooper for dirt cheap. This one will make for good entertainment.

Great video 👍 the best part of that motor is when you walk away and have a beer. 👍

....looks like another winner there Mike!

Well... I can feel the love coming through for this car 🥳👍😜

Good luck with this one Mike 👍👍👍

Forever keeping you busy !

The checker plate is really nice!

Electrics at 09:00 reminds me of the relay controlling the fuel pump on my V8 via the Lucas ECU. IIRC, green is the base colour LR uses for certain ignition-powered equipment - indicators, brake lights, fuel gauge, etc.

Well yes after working in West/Central for many years it is amazing how cars are adapted to keep them running. second hand 200 TDI Disco engines imported from the UK were readily avaialble in fact I fitted one to my Camel Trophy 110 , originaly a 2.5 TD, the problem with the steering shaft I also encountered but after reading the solution in a LR mag you simply turn it round top for bottom , problem solved, Missing bolts ! unfortunetly if 4 come out only 2 go back until everthing is held on by a piece of wire dont even get me started on electrics!

I've spent many years working in Africa, you might find a missing piston, bores filled with a rag. But work with what you have, seen some clever work arounds.

As you say it’s a Discovery engine green dipstick for automatic gearbox looks like it’s been put together with all different Land Rover parts

At 1:20 you sung a lovely 'erm' in almost perfect pitch to A, even with a hint of natural vibrato. You been doing your choir practice Mike ?

"Got a covid mask,so that's up to date" cracked me up mike LOL

That is a rough one for sure

Where do you start? We have driven through Ghana and the condition doesn't surprise us, the state of the vehicles is incredible. Mind you the state of some of the roads has to be seen to be believed, we saw groups of lads with buckets of earth filling in the pot holes and holding out there hands for tips. The people are great though. Good luck.

It's got potential Mike, just hope the customer's got a big wallet 👍👍

You make me laugh Mike. The way you are looking over this, you almost seem excited and giddy as to what is the next fail you are going to find. Your excitment is almost like a kid on Christmas.

Nice to see its got the bulkhead corrosion already built in! What a junker. Strip for parts. Of course, you'd need a heater in Ghana?

It'll be a lot of work for you, but should be a good series for us. Looking forward to it.

You got your work cut out for with this one.👍

With the air intake on left wing it could originaly have been a turbo diesel or a 200tdi, but the engine mountings seem to suggest the v8

Hi Mike what a boge what have you got to do it very many thanks Eliot ps keep up the good work more videos please

I'd say it was 300tdi before they stuffed (jammed with extreme prejudice) it into the disco 200tdi. That would account for the moved motor mounts. If memory serves the TD and 200tdi have same position mounts but 300tdis were different. Hence why you need a stubby bellhousing r380 on a 200tdi as engine is further back. Oh and the genuine tdi stickers on the body as well seems like too much effort to be fake That is a bodge tastic defender though, bet there are some fretted splines in every shaft , oi-lless worn cvs and more clanks and bangs than you can shake a stick at😂 Will be a good video series though haha

Glad my "African" Defender isn't like that - If that one was worth $19,000 then mine is worth $190,000

Interesting!!!

“It’s a wonder we don’t get AIDS off of this car or something.” 🤣🤣🤣

Oh dear... Strip it, salvage what you can and throw the rest of it away. First thing I said when you showed the wheel arches was... Chassis looks good. I feel sorry for who ever has bought that. Seriously though... Even someone who doesn't know much about cars could see how bad it is. I know it's a cheeky question but what sort of money are they paying for these vehicles? The arsonist land rover supplier should be put in jail for allowing that to go out. They should be reported to the authorities..... Mind you like you say.... They keep you busy and in tea bags. I doubt you are looking forward to working on that pile of junk though. Surely, in the long run, these buyers would be better off to look to Spain and ship over a decent vehicle. They're going to be throwing money at that forever and a day. Good luck and rather you than me Mike

haha! what a beauty. Any vin on the chassis?

What about VIN on the right hand front chassis arm?

Could the inspection sticker have came from a different car? Maybe swapped out the full screen hence the new rubber? Are the stickers unique in anyway that could be traced?

OMG where to begin.......!

Its an African heinze 57 variety land-rover special

Un-limited fund's! Cinderella will go to the Ball, But! How much you gonna throw at it, it's a project that many would want and, a challenge to sort out, Lot's to do to get it to spec, Good Luck.

Sad for the customer 😥 but makes a great video 😃

Does the Frame have the Vin number readable?

But the door shut properly! Better than mine, it’s got some redeeming features!

Oh, forgot to mention: we're going to need an acerbic review of the new Ford Bronco when you get a minute. Should be worth a few views...

This is either going to be a very long series, or very short

Proper bodge

Gee, that was worth having to sit through four commercials for! What colour Ferrari are you ordering?

How can you tell it’s a 200 tdi when it’s got the discovery turbo setup

Money Pit that's a money black hole ! Lollollollollol

I,v had better cars dumped outside of my yard and the logbook stuck threw the letter-box with a note asking would I please scrap it for them. WAlk away Mike, just walk away. You cant save the world from its self. All the best from Yorkshire Rob.

And what did your customers guide dog think of that little beauty? I hope he got paid a lot of money to take it away, to save them dumping it. Quebec must have some of the best vehicle inspectors that money can buy...

Do you only accept LHD vehicles to import into Canada?

I can't even laugh at this really cos it just boils my piss that somebody is hoovering up used Defenders (for peanuts) that *would* make decent projects for enthusiasts and then selling them for inflated prices. It's a crying shame that a local agent, in Africa, couldn't cut these chancers out of the process but the trouble is that NGOs and corporations want to sell entire fleets, all at the same time, rather than selling individual vehicles which means any buyer has to have enough cash to buy in bulk to get into the game. Are these vehicles sold sight-unseen, though? Surely, if there's a yard full of them in Montreal, it'd be worth sticking somebody like Mike on a train to Montreal to pick a good one? A buyer could pay $1,000 for a professional inspection and *still* save ten-times that amount in repair costs.

I know where the VIN plate is...... Still on the Defender that went through inspection..!!

Put her back up on the lorry Mike 😁

Those arches look like Bearmach ones. I couldn’t get any britpart ones so I ordered the more expensive Bearmach ones. I’m gutted as they are awful hard abs plastic I can’t see them lasting long

Does it actually have a dodgy inspection or someone's just printed out a sticker and slapped it on?

Oh dear that looks more like a donor vehicle but by the looks of things a donor for what. Hasn’t the owner got any recompense towards the seller? To me it’s more of a court case than a fixer. Looking forward to seeing updates on this one.

Unless you really need the work this will be one problem after another, on the bright side it would keep you in work for about a .........YEAR ! When I worked in the UK there would be container loads of stolen parts destined for Africa. Just saying , your customer will regret not taking your advise.

Needs a fortune to fix everything. A Defender like this was even in Ghana considered as scrap.

Do you have trading standards over there. If so, I'd sling it back at the trader as not fit for purpose while reporting the dealer for selling a potential death trap

I would take the engine out and sell it, and fit the correct unit, all your problems would disappear, hopefully !

Omg, this is gonna be expensive. I really wonder how some one could abuse the car this much.

this is one of those you walk away from, break into a jog and run as fast as you can waving your hands above you head and screaming at the top of your voice Noooooooo!

Brown packet or not I presume that someone would be in hot water if this was involved in an accident after 'passing' inspection? I can only presume that the owner thinks, it'll be ok I'll spend a few thousand with Mike getting it sorted out and I'll still be quids in! In which case I hope that your prices reflect this!

I would put a price tag on this of $30,000. Of course, that's what you would have to pay me to take it.

Did it start?

Is there someone to report those safety fails to?

That rust pit has got Curtis name all over it,sell it to him.

Only fit for the scrapyard .

$20k for this vehicle? Are you sure?? I wouldn't pay a quarter of that! Makes my 300tdi look like a show car (it definitely isn't)

At least the black chequered wing tops looks nice..😂 shame about the rest of it.. looks like a spares defender..

As it has not got a vin plate is it even legal to sell a car in Canada without one could he not get his money back as it could never have passed any tests that you have over there the fact is its just not worth you spending time on a heap of junk like that unless you are going to be charging him 50p per hour labour charges.

It's a defender.......... It can be fixed 😁

Give some advice to people. Buy a perentie from australia or contact klr website- queensland. These cars are wrecks

These scammers should be reported the police.

That must have been bought blind surely. Run away don't look back.

If you can't find the VIN - how the hell did they register it? Surely there's a VIN check by the quebec equivalent of the DMV before they will give the docs? Boy thats a dodgy motor - Arfur Daily would be proud to flip that'n. I've seen better motors in pick-n-pull

Break for parts...

and they wonder why some people buy Toyotas

Amazing. Poor you. Add another 300 000 km to the mileage ?

What a nightmare. I wouldn’t take that if it were free!!

Unreal.. mines mint

That’s carp

Educational, but painful to watch. Hope the new owner has deep pockets?

took me 3 hours inspect it. 2 and half hours stop laughing

is it even legal that they're consistently ripping off their customers this hard??

Good luck ??

Oh... That car just makes me tired looking at it.. there's just nothing not to do! Well, except reupholster the seats...

I think this vehicle should be reported to the authorities, along with the vendor and inspection centre that allegedly passed it - it’s blatant fraud and will kill some one. Pound to a penny that the vendor is importing batches and using one good one for all the inspections, sending it back again and again wearing all the different VIN plates.

That's a D.O.G. Scrap it.

I bought better out of Mark Haydens field in laragh. Oh my god.

phone seller ,demand money back , give them 4hrs. then authorities are being sent for , inspection certificate, no vin number ,

So what's the problem? It's about right for an old Land Rover. Owners of these things don't care

He could of bought better in the UK!! That's not a good car..

...ah Mike this is a walk in the park for a man of your caliber? Take pity on the old girl and give her new life🤔

Only 2 1/2 mins in and oh what a bodge and people buy them then moan about land rovers!

FFS 😲

Proper african back door car shop ripoff 😂 and I’m from said continent 😂😂 what a joke of a car.