Classifieds for North Shore Classics

Just hours before Ford was to showcase its new and reborn family of Broncos on Monday evening, Jeep sent out a news release proclaiming the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 concept vehicle, which it claims “amps up” fun-to-drive with a 6.4-liter V8 engine rated at 450 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque. Jeep claims this first […]

When you are Christian von Koenigsegg, you have much going for you. You create some of the most exclusive cars in the world and live a charmed life. Who knew he and his group would have such a lively sense of humor? They certainly put together an interesting piece called Time to Reign. Released on […]

For the 1961 model year, Ferrari produced only 55 examples of its 250 GTE Series I 2+2 sports coupes with right-hand drive. The company’s first 2+2 coupe was special enough to make its debut as the marshal’s car for the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans.  Recently, one of those cars has been discovered after […]

Look at the palm of your hand. What you’re looking at roughly represents the contact patch for each of the four tires on your car.  That’s it. Just those few square inches connect you, your vehicle and whatever or whomever is riding along to the pavement, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re puttering around the […]

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. That certainly seems to be the situation with the Ford Bronco. Prices of vintage Broncos have soared in anticipation of Ford’s announcement that, at 8 p.m. Eastern time Monday, July 13, it finally will unveil not only the new Bronco, but the first 4-door Bronco and a […]

In 1979, I brought a copy of  Road & Track into a Mazda dealer and asked if they were expecting any of the new RX-7s; up until that point, I had only seen the car in magazines. I left that day with a contract to buy one of the first 13 that shipped to Minneapolis […]

Be the envy of your JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) buddies or drift crowd with the Pick of the Day, a right-hand-drive 1991 Nissan 300ZX. Showing just over 37,000 miles and in what looks like clean original condition, the sport coupe was apparently imported directly from an owner in Japan, where it was “well-maintained,” according to […]

In 2016, Ford, with its redesigned GT supercar, returned to Le Mans to attempt a repeat of a storied feat 50 years prior. The company and team succeeded, winning its class in the prestigious endurance classic. This is the story of the return. Historians, including Preston Lerner and Ford executives tell the story of the […]

It’s 2020 and I have been invited to judge yet another car show. It is something I love doing as it exposes me to cherry cars and commensuration with like-minded friends. However as mentioned, this is 2020. The global pandemic of COVID-19 has given cancel culture the upper hand on just about every aspect of […]

By 1951, when Jaguar introduced the art-deco teardrop lines of the XK120 Fixed Head Coupe, they already had impacted the motoring world with the XK120 roadster that proved to be the fastest production car in the world. The 120 in the name referred to its top speed of 120 mph. Clark Gable famously took delivery […]