Historic Vehicle Plates: Pros/Cons in Ontario, Canada

[Stuart Fedak]

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

I knew this one would spin up a bit, nice to see some great posts.

This is a public forum and open to reading by anyone.

Do what you will, but don't go telling MTO you have seen this or that, you just cause aggro for the rest of the folks out there.

Lots of good comments, and I think I have the answer that I was looking for. In my case of my Canadian Bombardier Iltis 1/4 ton "Jeep", I will not go the route of the Historic Vehicle plates, as it seems to offer no real advantage and it seems to be too restrictive for my personal case.....

For those who do have "Historic Vehicle" plates in Ontario, they should reflect on their own situation and assess if they are still in compliance with the spirit and letter of the law, and if there are additional things such as daily inspections and log, yearly safety inspections that should be performed.

Cheers!
Stuart

[Robert Bergeron]

Stuart,

I have my Iltis licenced as a regular passenger car in Québec and i travel to work, the grocery store, basicly anywere i want to go . I even go to the US ( Maine ) .

It is a great and practical HMV . It even has a heater , a luxury i do not have in my GPW.

Cheers.

[Harry Moon]

I'm not sure what the largest MV we have with vintage plates but they include several half tracks at least 4 carriers, an M5 high speed tractor and about a dozen m135/211 trucks. Some people like the collector plate but standards are much higher as are the premiums. Licence and registration with $5mil liability is usually much less than $100. Minimum on a regular plate is 10X that.

[Robin Craig]

Different provinces = different rules, choose where you live