{"id":152,"date":"2026-06-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:41:07","slug":"classic-car-insurance-tips-while-restoring-your-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/classic-car-insurance-tips-while-restoring-your-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Car Insurance Tips While Restoring Your Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you like collectibles and classic cars, you may enjoy the hobby of restoring a classic car. Perhaps you pick up a car at an auction that meets the age qualifications and the rarity to be a classic auto worth restoring.<\/p>\n<h2>Classic Car Appraisal Value<\/h2>\n<p>Classic car insurance is often based on having an appraised value from an appraiser that is acceptable to the insurance company providing the coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Work with your agent at Shavano Insurance Agency LLC in San Antonio, TX, to begin classic car insurance based on the initial appraised value and be prepared to update the appraisal as the project progresses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Classic Car Insurance Upgrades<\/h2>\n<p>Your classic car insurance needs adjustment based on increased value from restoration and due to market changes for sales of this type of classic car. Then, you will want to confirm the new valuation with a new appraisal. Naturally, you want to make these adjustments only when the effort is worth it.<\/p>\n<h3>Added Value From Restoration<\/h3>\n<p>Your classic car insurance needs an upgrade every time you add significant value during the restoration project. Pick an added-value number. Each time the value increases that amount, upgrade your classic car insurance coverage.<\/p>\n<h3>Market Value<\/h3>\n<p>Additionally, you want to track the market values as they can increase dramatically (or occasionally decrease). You can use recent sales of an equivalent class car as your guide to help set a reasonable replacement value for your classic car.<\/p>\n<h3>Appraised Value<\/h3>\n<p>Regardless of the added value from restoration and the ever-changing market value, the overriding valuation used by the insurance company to decide coverage is the appraised value. The appraised value is the final deciding factor.<\/p>\n<p>Consult with your agent at Shavano Insurance Agency LLC in San Antonio, TX, about all your classic car insurance needs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you like collectibles and classic cars, you may enjoy the hobby of restoring a classic car. Perhaps you pick up a car at an auction that meets the age qualifications and the rarity to be a classic auto worth restoring. Classic Car Appraisal Value Classic car insurance is often based on having an appraised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[31,27,28,15,29],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classic-car-insurance","tag-classic-car","tag-insurance","tag-san-antonio","tag-shavano-insurance-agency-llc","tag-tx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shavanoinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}