Antique Plates

[onceover]

Anyone rocking them on their car? Debated getting one for the Porsche but kind of weary new since I'll be driving the car regularily and Alberta law states the following

A motor vehicle may be registered as an antique vehicle
when it is 25 years of age or older and will be operated
as a collector's item in exhibitions or club activities
as well as for transportation to and from such activities.
A vehicle registered in this plate classification shall
not be utilized for general transportation purposes.

Has anyone had antique plates on their daily? Seems like it would be more trouble than its worth

[R-Audi]

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Is there a benefit to having antique plates?

It sounds like one of those things that gives a reason for someone to hassle you..

[onceover]

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Registration is good for a lifetime. ie no yearly fee

[Kona Bear]

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Maybe I missed something but to me that law your quoting is for vehicles that are Antiques themselves not the plates. My Dad had the old yellow Alberta license plate on the front of his car for years and was never mentioned when he got pulled over for speeding, etc.. I don't think the law cares about vanity plates in this province as long as you have a valid one on the back of your car. What kind of Antique plate are you thinking of getting?

[BaggedGLI]

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If your dad had an old plate, he had an antique plate in the car that the one on the vehicle was associated with. If it was a vanity plate it was exactly that. On my mk1 I have an antique plate cause the car is over 25 years old. It's a one time registration and in the top right says antique and gets a fleet sticker. The downsides are you can only drive it to and from meets or the shop and you have a maximum of 5000km per year.

[CGY_GTI]

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Maybe I missed something but to me that law your quoting is for vehicles that are Antiques themselves not the plates. My Dad had the old yellow Alberta license plate on the front of his car for years and was never mentioned when he got pulled over for speeding, etc.. I don't think the law cares about vanity plates in this province as long as you have a valid one on the back of your car. What kind of Antique plate are you thinking of getting?

The quote is the law regarding which cars qualify for antique plates and when they can be driven. The car has to be over 25 years old and can only be driven to and from shows. Anyone could run an old Alberta plate on the front of their car, however this would allow you to run the proper plate for the year of the car on the rear as well. In the case of Pat's Porsche (as well as my BMW since I was looking into this too) the plate looks no different than our current ones. The antique plates they issue just use a different letter/number format. I think they're R-### or something like that.

I decided not to do it on my BMW because I want to drive it more than just to/from shows. I figured that if I were to get into an accident or something on my way to work and had antique plates on my car, I could get screwed by the insurance company pretty easily since my car technically wouldn't be registered for this use. I also figured that if I were to get pulled over and the cop were to notice that it was an antique plate, that's just asking for trouble. Insurance is expensive enough for someone my age, the last thing I want is for it to go up.

[VanDamage]

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If your dad had an old plate, he had an antique plate in the car that the one on the vehicle was associated with. If it was a vanity plate it was exactly that. On my mk1 I have an antique plate cause the car is over 25 years old. It's a one time registration and in the top right says antique and gets a fleet sticker. The downsides are you can only drive it to and from meets or the shop and you have a maximum of 5000km per year.

This is why I don't have classic insurance on my BMW. Only being able to drive it for those specific things sounds really dumb.

[100%VAGitarian]

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yea my e28 is 25 years old now and i thought about this too. just wasn't worth the hassle as i like to drive it when i want. it doesn't need classic plates on it for anyone to know it's a classic.

i wondered if general club meetings, or ice cream meets count as a show though. you could easily say that's where you are going but i had heard that it has to be a legit show or else you would be ticketed and that hassle wasn't worth it either. didn't confirm that though.

i have a pair of old 1966 AB front/rear plates that i was going to use on my old notchback, when i still had it. same deal but i was just going to put them on when i got to a show, for aesthetics. i would probably only consider this if i had a much older car, old matching plates and only dedicated it to shows.

[VW337]

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i have a pair of old 1966 AB front/rear plates that i was going to use on my old notchback, when i still had it. same deal but i was just going to put them on when i got to a show, for aesthetics. i would probably only consider this if i had a much older car, old matching plates and only dedicated it to shows.

My truck is registered as antique and I have collector insurance on it. I run a pair of matching 1965 license plates on it. I'm not sure if you can run the classic plates with a regular registration or if you must have your vehicle registered as a classic. When I registered it as an antique they gave me a brand new four digit antique plate. In order to run the classic plates you must have a pair and you must also keep the new plate with you inside the car. The classic plates are issued on your registration under "unit #" and the new plate is issued under "license #".