- Description
- A fan of cars—and drawing them—since childhood, and a reader of Road & Track and Motor Trend since my teenage years. After studying at the CalArts Film School, I worked in TV commercial production in the 1990s and independent filmmaking in the 2000s and beyond. I’ve been an author at Curbside Classic since 2022 and Managing Editor since 2023, where my lifelong interests in cars, art, and visual storytelling happily come together.
![This photo will likely only reinforce certain, let’s say, stereotypes about the Golden State, but I couldn’t resist sharing it. It’s what you see: a whole bunch of foreign metal […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260329-004436-115x115.png "Vintage Snapshots: A Typical 1970s Pasadena Parking Lot?")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Chevrolet always represented reliability, quality, and value during the 1950’s, and that was reflected in the sales numbers. It was a decade of great change, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260516-044715-115x115.png "1950s Chevrolets In Vintage Photos")
![I’ll admit that the background vehicles and location don’t help the “back in the 1990s” case, but let’s make an effort and ignore that sensorial noise. After all, seeing this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_20260111_153925_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "Curbside Finds: Ford Ranger And Toyota Tercel — (Almost) Back To The 1990s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our focus today is everyday life with automobiles. Life has changed greatly in the last seventy or so years, and that really stands out in these […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/a-car-115x115.jpg "People Enjoying Life In Their Cars — Vintage Photos From The 1950s-1960s")
![“I asked for a car that lasts. I got it,” was a line used in Toyota’s 1976 print materials. And while this 1976-1977 3-door Corolla wagon isn’t in the US, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_20260326_180701_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "1976-77 Toyota Corolla 3-Door Wagon: “I Asked For A Car That Lasts. I Got It.” — Still True, Fifty Years Later")
![There’s something curiously captivating about old fleet vehicle photos, especially when they were never meant to attract much attention in the first place. And in today’s case, the old photo […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/fiermen-115x115.jpg "A Fleet of New 1970 Chrysler Town & Country Fire Dept. Wagons Ready for Service")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The 1950’s was a decade of change in the automobile industry, especially in the styling department. Plymouth was one of the more extreme reinventions, going from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/46591604325_7bfdc18f66_k-115x115.jpg "Vintage Photos Of Plymouths In Their Prime In The 1950s")
![I would think there’s no need for “Fix It Again Tony” jokes with this curiosity that showed up on my FB Marketplace feed: a 1964 Fiat 1500 that’s been refurbished […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/647360092_927139673398867_3576702400346857026_n-115x115.jpg "1964 Fiat With 2T Toyota Engine — Classic Italian Style, Trusty Toyota Power")
![The undeniable allure of forbidden fruits –in the automotive world, an idea that carries great weight. Here are two to make that case, a pair of once-unattainable Iron Curtain goods […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/55215827926_29b344352c_k-115x115.jpg "Car Show Classics: Trabant P50 and ZAZ-968M — Eastern Bloc Curiosities In Oregon")
![Regular CC readers know that in the last few years, vintage photos have become a regular CC staple. Today, I have a special request, and would like to encourage readers, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-07-30-00.25.42.jpg "Vintage Photos Wanted")
![Text by Patrick Bell. As we celebrate mother’s today, here is a variety of ladies that posed with cars that were their transportation on the highways and byways of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20251117-001231-115x115.png "A Gallery Of Traveling and Driving Ladies — Vintage Photos 1950s-1960s")
![Long before rideshares and stretch limos, one could say that prom night often began in the driveway, with a freshly washed car and, perhaps, a camera ready to capture the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260131-004837-115x115.png "Vintage Snapshots: Prom Night In The Driveway — ca. 1961")
![Here’s a blue-themed image from the Cohort by Curtis Perry that gave me, well, a bit of the blues. After all, how can I not feel some blues when a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/370643564_9cf90f1c00_k.jpg "Curtis Perry Find: 1974 Ford Maverick — Revisiting Malaise Era Blues")
