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Old Oct 16, 2025 | 01:17 PM
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i Bought a stolen car and recovered and the VIN number under the passenger is like sketched out to get registration of the car I need the stamped VIN Chassis number.

I cannot find the engine bay one and need help, looked online can’t find any videos.

please can someone guide me
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Old Oct 16, 2025 | 01:44 PM
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Yikes! When you say "stolen and recovered", you mean you acquired it legally from an insurance company or auction, right? If the driver's side dash label and driver's door frame label have been removed, you might still find it elsewhere. As I recall, my '19 G550 has a VIN/barcode sticker on its rear license plate bracket (not visible with license plate mounted) and attached to the frame in the right passenger side wheel well. Otherwise, go back to the seller and see if you can trace the vehicle through police records and the car's original owner.
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Old Oct 16, 2025 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by streborx
Yikes! When you say "stolen and recovered", you mean you acquired it legally from an insurance company or auction, right? If the driver's side dash label and driver's door frame label have been removed, you might still find it elsewhere. As I recall, my '19 G550 has a VIN/barcode sticker on its rear license plate bracket (not visible with license plate mounted) and attached to the frame in the right passenger side wheel well. Otherwise, go back to the seller and see if you can trace the vehicle through police records and the car's original owner.
This is correct but they probably got rid of it as well. There is also plugging in the OBD scanner and retrieving there but that can be rewritten as well. It can be tough, use the scanner to check all modules and compare the VIN of each to make sure it is the legit one.
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would not authorities get it so they can ID car to present to rightful owner?
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Originally Posted by streborx
Yikes! When you say "stolen and recovered", you mean you acquired it legally from an insurance company or auction, right? If the driver's side dash label and driver's door frame label have been removed, you might still find it elsewhere. As I recall, my '19 G550 has a VIN/barcode sticker on its rear license plate bracket (not visible with license plate mounted) and attached to the frame in the right passenger side wheel well. Otherwise, go back to the seller and see if you can trace the vehicle through police records and the car's original owner.

recovered and sold again in the UK, police know about it. But I still need the engine bay vin that’s engraved, I’ve looked behind number plate can’t find anything.

was thinking could I be in the boot under the lining
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this is what the UK registration has said to look out for

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Old Oct 18, 2025 | 02:27 AM
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recovered and sold again in the UK, police know about it. But I still need the engine bay vin that’s engraved, I’ve looked behind number plate can’t find anything.

was thinking could I be in the boot under the lining
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this is what the UK registration has said to look out for
Didn't realize you are from the UK, seems like it is more common than expected to have stolen vehicles sold there I remembered coming across a video but I have no clue why they removed the youtube video, it talked about how they retrieved the VIN here is the facebook post but can't find the original video:
https://www.facebook.com/MarkMcCann6...3469387868577/
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=13...y=MarkMcCann64
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=17...y=MarkMcCann64
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=20...y=MarkMcCann64
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