Another MPIC vintage car write off

Howmac · Guru

Another MPIC vintage car write off

Indian · Guru

Why can't the car be rebuilt then recertified ?

jlysholm · Guru

What a shame. ...He should have installed front disc brakes!!!

Pritch · Guru

Beautiful Mustang! What a crime. cry

Howmac · Guru

Here in Manitoba , anything older than 1994 is automatically written off and can never go back on the road . This car is parts only now .

jmont64 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I find that hard to believe that it hasn't been contested and overturned. You guys have to be nervous driving your old cars out there.

timbuk · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

jmont64 wrote:
I find that hard to believe that it hasn't been contested and overturned. You guys have to be nervous driving your old cars out there.

yes indeed something is not right with that......armageddon!

Greaser · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Howmac wrote:
Here in Manitoba , anything older than 1994 is automatically written off and can never go back on the road . This car is parts only now .

What's the rule if sold out of province, can it be registered and drivable outside Manitoba?

Pritch · Guru

I know tons of people who would love to own that Mustang and be able to drive it!

hawkeye5766 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

In B.C. we have right off vehicles and dismantle only vehicles ( depending on amount of damage). Right off vehicles can be put back on the road only after passing a stuctural and mechanical inspection. Think this would save alot of old cars if they did the same in other Provinces.

Pritch · Guru

It's quite ok, Johnnee D. I am very relaxed and I can take a joke. My comment pertains more to insurance regulations and the variations from province to province. smile Was the green GT as good as it looks in the picture?

-- Edited by Pritch on Saturday 13th of September 2014 09:33:23 PM

saskhuntr · Veteran Member

I see in the STATUS line its "irrePARABLE" - that must be Manitoba civil servant speak for either "no hope in Hell" or "not a prayer " can save it.

Irrepairable means it cant be fixed.
Schools these days.
lloyd

ak 67sd · Poncho Master!

There definitely needs to be some lobbying from the old car community in MB on this issue. Perhaps this is where having the collector plates comes in, register as a collector and this doesn't apply to your car. I understand the intent, it's to keep cars without modern emission standards off the road, it has nothing to do with safety or structural integrity. BUT, old cars see very little mileage, and this newer rule shouldn't apply to collector cars that only see limited use.

ak

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I agree - seems like the classics are getting caught in a loophole. This, like the rules that automatically write off any car exposed to flood damage are not meaningful for classic cars and somebody in the province needs to lobby for exemptions for the classics.

The whole idea that this car needs to be crushed because of light to moderate front end damage is ludicrous. What a waste.