There is nothing quite as exciting as owning an antique car. And, if the antique car is also equipped with a working antique car radio you will certainly experience a most unique thrill. Unfortunately, things can break down and this can easily happen to your antique car radio. Repair as well as restoration of an antique car radio often requires replacing defective parts with genuine antique car radio parts.

Hard to Find

In today's world, it is hard to find genuine antique car radio parts - mainly because such parts are generally not being manufactured since there is no real demand for the parts other than from a select few owners of antique car radios. Nevertheless, there are many companies that specialize in repairing as well as restoring antique car radios and they are the ones that will also know where it is possible to buy genuine antique car radio parts.

In fact, the modern car radio repair shop will be able to do a good job of repairing and restoring the antique car radio as long as they have ready access to antique car radio parts. Once they are able to find the required antique car radio parts they can then use modern technology and combine it with the craftsmanship of days gone by and fix any kind of defect in your antique car radio.

From tubes to power vibrators to buffer capacitors to any other kind of antique car radio parts the better antique car radio repair and restoration shops will be able to use these parts to fix almost any kind of problem. In case, the antique car radio requires restoration such repair and restoration shops will be able to do a complete makeover of the chassis and cabinet as too to the dial - even if it involves having to replace parts such as the knobs.

You should also ask for a warranty on the repair or restoration work done by the repair shop and often you can get ninety days warranty on the parts and service while it is also possible to get an entire year's warranty on the tubes.

If you own an antique car or a classic car then you will need to worry about getting antique classic car insurance. Unfortunately, these kinds of cars attract a separate kind of insurance policy as compared with standard insurance policies. The good news is that this kind of insurance is not all that hard to find because quite a few insurance companies have special policies for these kinds of cars.