so im thinking about picking up and old car... it runs and drives and stuff but hasnt been plated for ever, so i have to replate it... and go threw sask safety if i were to plate it like a regular car... but i wanna plate it as an antique. i know you can plate it as antique if you have a car registered already, which i do... 3 actually hahaha. i dont need to go threw sask safety to drive around this antique do i? and what years classify?

thats a really squished paragraph and poor engwish. im lazy my bad!!

 

Usually SGI doesn`t care and don`t require a saftey any vehicle over thirty years old. This is just a rumor but it`s also what I have experinced personally so far.
Best to check it out by phoning the toll free number for SGI`s head office. Some issuers aren`t too well informed on antique plates and can mislead you by telling you that you do have to certify when you might not have to.
I had a problem with the big amount of PST to be paid on an older truck only to go to a different issuer and not have to pay any.

 

Funny this came up this week when talking to a member of the rod and custom club.
If you contact SGI they say you have to get it safety when it is from another province, but they told me they just go to the license issuer and register it antique and the car is plated.
Antique here in this province has to be over 30 years. They will accept previous registration from this province to avoid safety's.
I have a 62 signet from Manitoba that I would like to plate and drive, I thought I had to get it safety, but maybe I will try what the guys at rod and custom said, go to a small issuer and plate it antique.

 

I know when I first plated my International it was in 2003
I think the last previous plate was from the late seventies. I did not have to go throw any safety.

 

After getting the run around at SGI`s phone line it does sound like no certification is needed on an antique plated vehicle over thirty years old. Also if not factory equiped no seatbelts are required.

 

i was told as long as you have the last registration for it and have another car under your name then you can plate it

 

Excellent information to know, I think I will definatly have to look for a ride under 30 years old for the good old cheap plates

 

Thats true also ENT . You have to have another vehicle registered before you can get antique plates. That was a good point I forgot about.

 

Is that for a certain number of years from when it was last plated...??

 

Antique plate is mostly for liability, only has $800 coverage on the vehicle plus the liability insurance. With an appraisal a stated value policy can be purchased for the antique plated vehicle. This is better coverage than a regular policy that doesn`t guarantee an adequate payout for damage or total loss to the vehicle. Regular licence means, actual cash value (acv) is what SGI calls it, ANY small amount SGI deems fair even if it doesn`t cover all of the antique vehicle`s damage or loss.
Antique plate is a fairly cheap way to plate with very poor vehicle coverage on it`s own with the $800 limit.

 

So in some cases, you could plate a 30,000 dollar antique and have 800 dollars coverage on it...? That doesnt seem like a very fair idea SGI!

 

you get what you pay for bassically... if its worth say 30,000 why would you put antique plates on it? you'd want the best you can, and sgi you have to pay them to get payed back...

i may be getting this car for 500 bucks... so cheap beater car, cheap plates... haha

 

Your $30,000 car still has to be plated here to drive it. So you still pay SGI the antique plates, you are then responsible to get the other $29,800.00 coverage from them also or another source of insurance. Which is not that readily available here in this province.

 

That`s the only way, cheap plates and stated value policy to will cover the loss upto the appraisal amount. Other wise you are at SGI`s mercy and their appraiser`s opinion with regular plate coverage.

 

well you dont have to get antique plates do you? you could just get it insured for that price and have regular plates and it would be fully covered. or would antique plates and addition coverage be a better way to go?

im soo lost haha

missed your post fomoko, i get it now:P damn sgi