Backup Reverse Switch for Manual Transmissions

[twobjshelbys]

How can they require you to add something that was never present on the original car?

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

How can they require you to add something that was never present on the original car?

Regulations here require the car to be compliant for the year of manufacture. My car was first licensed in 1991, so it needs to meet those standards. That includes daytime running lights, backup lights, centre-mounted brake lamp, side marker lamps and reflectors and a brake system warning lamp - all of which had to be added to pass inspectionj with the exception of the side marker lamps, as the 'beehive' lamps were deemed to be sufficiently visible.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by cycleguy55

Regulations here require the car to be compliant for the year of manufacture. My car was first licensed in 1991, so it needs to meet those standards. That includes daytime running lights, backup lights, centre-mounted brake lamp, side marker lamps and reflectors and a brake system warning lamp - all of which had to be added to pass inspectionj with the exception of the side marker lamps, as the 'beehive' lamps were deemed to be sufficiently visible.

Ah, Canada. So someone licensing one today has to have all the stuff a 2022 would? Don't you register to the year the vehicle replicates?

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Ah, Canada. So someone licensing one today has to have all the stuff a 2022 would? Don't you register to the year the vehicle replicates?

In Saskatchewan, vehicles are registered to the year they're completed, pass safety and are first licensed. My registration indicates "1991 KIT CAR/ REPLICAR". In the past, Saskatchewan allowed replicas to be registered as the year / make / model the vehicle replicates, but it was my understanding there was an initiative to go back to each one and have it re-registered consistent with current practice.

I can't speak about other provinces, as their rules vary. Example: There's no emissions testing in Saskatchewan, not even for newer vehicles, but that's far from universal across Canada.