[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

From the bulletin, it talks about inspections for 'non-conforming' military vehicles with no (CMVSS) or (FMVSS) label. t says they can be inspected but must be over 8,200kg. Now it could be that the inspection over that weight becomes so onerous you'd have to rebuild the HUP up to modern standards but it certainly allows inspection (but not unfettered use). Does the HUP exceed 8,200kg?

In any event, your letter writer is saying there's a ban on military vehicle inspections and that is not what the bulletin says, so maybe that's a starting point for an objection?

Is there a 'historic' plate"? Does this mean $35,000 MB jeeps are now undriveable????

An excerpt from 04-2021:

Re: Ex-Military Vehicles
This bulletin replaces the Ex-Military Utility Vehicle Inspections Bulletin 01-21 issued February 2, 2021.
The purpose of this bulletin is to clarify if an ex-military vehicle may be inspected under Division 25 of
the Motor Vehicle Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 26/58 (the “MVAR”).
If an ex-military vehicle displays either a Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) or Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) label of compliance, it may be inspected under Division 25 in
the following cases:
• under Part 1 if the vehicle has a licensed gross vehicle weight greater than 8,200kg,
• under Part 3, if salvaged, or altered as described in Part 3, or
• under Part 4 if (a) the vehicle is registered, titled or licensed, or was previously registered, titled
or licensed, at a place outside British Columbia, (b) is presented to ICBC for registration, and
(c) has a net vehicle weight of not more than 3 500 kg


Non-conforming ex-military vehicles

A “non-conforming ex-military vehicle” means a vehicle that was not designed to conform to the
standards prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) for motor vehicles designed for use on a
highway at the time the vehicle was manufactured. Non-conforming ex-military vehicles will not have a
CMVSS or FMVSS label of compliance.
A non-conforming ex-military vehicle can ONLY be inspected under MVAR Division 25 Part 1 if its
licensed gross vehicle weight is greater than 8,200kg. Even if a non-conforming ex-military vehicle
passes inspection, it is not authorized for unrestricted highway use.


From the MB-C2 manual a C8A is Max Gross Rate 7,500lbs, C-15A 10,000, C60L 15,7000 and C-GT 13,200 none of which are over 8,200kg (kg ~ 2.2 lbs). So unless smaller ones are classed as not military or allowed as antiques which negates 'military' it seems there is room for the big trucks but not the smaller ones. At least somebody in that department should clarify what all this means and if they are interpreting it correctly.