Norm Mort

Contributor

Norm Mort graduated from the University of Toronto and became a public school teacher, librarian, and art instructor. His interest in cars resulted in the publication of his first article on MGs in 1985. After taking early retirement from teaching, Norm became a full-time freelance automotive journalist living in a small village in eastern Ontario, Canada.

Having written about classic, antique, special interest, hot rod, custom and collectible automobiles for over 30 years, he currently freelances for The Toronto Sun Saturday and Sunday AutoNetDrive Sections, and his work appears throughout the Sun Media chain. He specializes in collector cars, new car and product reviews, road tests, and book reviews. He was one of the first columnists for Canada’s Old Autos newspaper, in which he has numerous columns to this day. He became a contributor to Sports Car Market magazine after a chance meeting with Keith Martin at the Detroit International Auto Show in 2004.

Norm also owns CIA Car Appraisals, which has been providing insurance evaluations on collectible vehicles for 15 years. He is also a partner and the Chief Editor in a soon-to-be-launched website known as CarReviewCanada.

He currently owns a 1949 Allard M-Type drophead coupe, a 1962 Sunbeam Harrington Le Mans, a 1967 Reliant Regal 21E, a 1981 Datsun 280ZX, and a 1985 AMC/Renault Alliance convertible known as “my baby car” by its principle—his wife Sandy.

His latest acquisition is a partially-restored 1958 Frisky Sport that was purchased because it was British, a convertible, and so he can brag that he’s a Frisky fellow.