Historic Vehicle Plates: Pros/Cons in Ontario, Canada

[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.

There are many people who drive vehicles for which they have lied by omission or just plain lied in some part of the process.

There is no requirement to get an historic plate to get the lower insurance rate offered by the specialist policy folks. My Land Rover 1 Tonne has regular black plates. Insurance is something like $150 a year.

As far as the big trucks go, when I do the ones for my employer that are all registered 100% properly and weighed and safetied every year that they are on the road and that is purely based on their weight, not their usage. That also calls for an emission test. We have two Bedford MJs and an M818 with a Rogers trailer. If it is decided that they will be on the road they get the works.

We also do a lease up and use a CVOR of a commercial company and carry the papers. Its all legit. Daily trip inspections are done as well.

And FYI there is no need for rows of orange lights etc as they are tested on the basis of " fitted at time of manufacture" as befits the vehicles that have come in on the 15 year rule.

At your peril if you don't. Around here Kingston Police are very zealous in their inspection of anything that moves. My co workers and I often get pulled with nothing in a pick up truck, let alone something bigger.

Once we start showing proper papers on the Bedfords they back right off and I have had zero aggravation. The conversation then becomes a show and tell experience.

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.

[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