How do owners of very old or rare vehicles find replacement parts to keep it running?

Question

How do owners of very old or rare vehicles find replacement parts to keep it running?

In: R2 (Narrow/Personal)

Answer 1

Jay Leno has talked about this at length on his channel.

If you are not familiar Jay Leno formerly of the Tonight Show, has a massive collection of antique and unique cars.

You buy whatever parts you can get from wrecks and scrap

Some parts you have to refurbish and rebuild

Some parts you have to manufacture yourself

And some parts you replace with modern equivalents