Posthumane wrote:
I'll also have to see if it has to be powered, or if a manual one would pass inspection.
Obviously chat with the person doing your inspection but, as per Alberta's Vehicle Equipment Regulation, page 34 of the PDF:
https://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2009_122.pdf"Windshield wipers, etc. 62(1)
A motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, moped or antique motor vehicle, that has a windshield must also have a self-operating windshield wiper and washer system that removes water, road splash and other opaque material from the outside of the windshield.
(2) A motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, moped or antique motor vehicle, that has a windshield must also have a self-operating defrosting and defogging system on each half of the windshield that removes moisture and frost from the inside of the windshield.
(3) The controls for equipment required by this section must be located so that the driver of the motor vehicle is able to operate the equipment from the driver’s seat."
If you're vehicle is classified as an "antique" (“antique motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is not used as general transportation, is 25 years old or older, is owned as a collector’s item and is driven or operated only in exhibitions, club activities, parades or similar events;), you can use a manual system:
"Windshield wiper on antique motor vehicle 63
An antique motor vehicle that has a windshield must also have an automatic or manual windshield wiper system that removes water, road splash and other opaque material from the outside of the windshield if the antique motor vehicle is on a highway and the weather requires a wiper system."
Think the hangup, if there is one, would be the "..25 years or older...". Yours clearly isn't, but if it's titled as such, does that count? Mines titled as a '66 but is new, not sure how they'll interpret that.