No offense taken.
Your statement about pretty much any car older than 15 years is fair game is not entirely accurate any more. It used to be but I was surprised by this experience.
The customs agents and brokers I talked to this past June told me the rules have changed due to the flood of cars coming into Canada due to recent storms in the US. Customs is required to look much harder at what is being imported now because of flood damaged cars and follow the rules. For example if you change the center axis of an old muscle car and Canada customs discovers it, they won't let it in the country anymore. Other mods are now being disallowed regardless of the 15 year rule.
It's not like it was a few years ago.
Even transport companies want a lot of information and pictures upfront before they will pick up a modified muscle car and cross the border.
My concern now is the provincial inspection which is a kind of black hole when it comes to knowing what is "officially" allowed and what is not. I had a guy this week tell me an old timer liked his car so he passed it without even looking at it.
How do I find that guy?? :finga: