rgf wrote:
> Collector/Classic plates/tags are causing me a bit of a problem for my
> recently aquired '59. <snip>

> My difficulty is that although the vehicle and it's usuage handily meet
> the requirements for these plates, and the ensuing lower insurance
> rates, I do NOT wish to repair or replace either the carpet, top or the
> paint. This is not a monetary consideration but rather that it is
> totally original... a hard to find breed. I'd like to keep it that way.

Stingray wrote:
"Richard, a buddy of mine ran into this same issue in Ontario. He took the
car to the license bureau and let them see that it was not a junker. They
issued the HMV (Historical Motor Vehicle) plates with no further questions.
It's an annoyance, but it worked for him."


An Update of the latest bs fed to me by our benevolent government
insurance -

They approved the car for collector plates without hauling it down to
the local offices. Seems the pictures were enough. Thankfully!

However, they have an unbelievable ability to put a screw into just
about anything one could imagine. As I wish to insure the car for and
agreed value, which exceeds their "maybe" up to CDN$40,000 by normal
collector insurance, I must now get the car to the local office which is
about 5 miles away.

BUT! As we have not yet settled on the insured value I do not have
plates (nor insurance obviously) to get it there.

Their suggestion - Buy a one day permit and just drive it over.

Yah right! That gives me a "plate"/permit but NO insurance at all other
than on the other guy and minimum liability. So if'n the car takes a
smack from someone else I'd get an unreasonable facsimile of 40 grand,
or nothing if I, God forbid, caused the accident.

These people are running our government agencies and are brain dead.

Thankfully I have discovered that the local boss is a gearhead and has a
collector car himself as well as being an active member of a local car
club. He is dragging the boys over to my house for ... errr coffee ...
at the end of a days work to survey the car and do the insurance
valuation. Also says my purchase price sounds a little low for insurance
purposes ... I thought that interesting.

Sounds like a happy ending depending on how full the "coffee" pot is

Richard