Historic Vehicle Plates: Pros/Cons in Ontario, Canada

[Harry Moon]

In BC we have similar conditions attached to our very low cost Antique Plates.
Western Command has worked out and worked with ICBC(Govt Insurance) regular club events and standard authorizations, gun shows, Museums, annual events etc. We also have a procedure for authorizing one off events even for only one MV. Works good and when my truck was out on loan for one of our convoys I found out the insurance was prompt and fair. The one offs are useful for our more remote members isolated by distance. The club also has public liability insurance through membership in the NACCP, as many events or parades insist on such organizational insurance separate from vehicle insurance.
All that for only $40.00 a year for Western Command and typically less than $100 for antique insurance (public liability only)
Now the club minutes should reflect all this and emails with dates are used to verify this.
As a precautionary note, a past president was killed in his jeep more than 30 years ago and as there was no record, or indeed authorization, therefore there was no insurance. Lesson learned and with proper record keeping we pretty well have something to drive to or at just about anytime.

[Stuart Fedak]

Originally Posted by Harry Moon

In BC we have similar conditions attached to our very low cost Antique Plates.
Western Command has worked out and worked with ICBC(Govt Insurance) regular club events and standard authorizations, gun shows, Museums, annual events etc. We also have a procedure for authorizing one off events even for only one MV. Works good and when my truck was out on loan for one of our convoys I found out the insurance was prompt and fair. The one offs are useful for our more remote members isolated by distance. The club also has public liability insurance through membership in the NACCP, as many events or parades insist on such organizational insurance separate from vehicle insurance.
All that for only $40.00 a year for Western Command and typically less than $100 for antique insurance (public liability only)
Now the club minutes should reflect all this and emails with dates are used to verify this.
As a precautionary note, a past president was killed in his jeep more than 30 years ago and as there was no record, or indeed authorization, therefore there was no insurance. Lesson learned and with proper record keeping we pretty well have something to drive to or at just about anytime.

Harry, very useful information. Based on what you wrote, there would be an advantage if OMVA was able to get your procedures, and implement a similar documented process for those who drive Historic Military Vehicles in Ontario. This would be a significant value added service that would make membership in OMVA useful. The current format of just having two "shows/flea markets" a year seems to be of limited value to those not in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Without getting into specifics, in Ontario, those who have an ATT, require a letter of invitation to those who transport going to a range not on the ATT. This requirement was implemented by the provincial CFA. I can see the importance of having a documented process, with full audit trail that is transparent. I don't think it would require much work, once the process was worked out.

Again, thanks for the details of how you keep folks in compliance in BC. Good stuff...

Cheers!
Stuart