- 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.
![We’ll go for a rare and exclusive dose of old-school Chrysler today, in the form of a LeBaron Salon Coupe LS Limited edition, of which only 2,257 units were sold […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/518378881_10172268339870038_1585541038455174469a_n-115x115.jpg "1980 Chrysler LeBaron Salon LS Limited Coupe – A Rare Special Edition, Hanging On To Tradition In A Changing World")
![Text by Patrick Bell It is convertible time again in many parts of the northern hemisphere. Time to get out and feel the wind and bring that spring fever under […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-27-15.16.40-115x115.png "Convertibles In The 1950s In Vintage Photos – Basking In The Sunshine Of Their Golden Years")
![Let’s add another entry to our CC Global files, this time in the form of a 1980s Toyota LiteAce van that I came across during one of my tropical countryside […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/51266291195_bdc1082707_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1979-1984 Toyota LiteAce (M20) – 1980s Workhorse")
![Here’s a utilitarianly attractive shape that I believe should be familiar to US readers as the Fox. In this case, however, it’s in its original guise: a Brazilian-built VW Parati, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_20220817_143813994_HDR-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1982-1995 Volkswagen Parati (Fox) – Outfoxing Fate")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Nearly 14 million full size Chevrolet’s were produced in the 1960-1969 decade. Today we have 14 images to view from that decade where Chevrolet made few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot_20251117-225105-115x115.png "1960s Full-Size Chevrolets In Vintage Photos – When Chevy Ruled The Road")
![An early VW Scirocco! One of those pretty cars from my childhood that I hadn’t seen in… decades! Even before I was aware of CC (August 2015), the 1975-1981 Scirocco […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_20250629_162851_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1975-1977 Volkswagen Scirocco – Left Behind, But Not Forgotten")
![I know that many out there have a soft spot for old Chevy/GMC C/K trucks, myself included. Naturally, this long bed one caught my eye as soon as it was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/55137001853_ae3ca050a6_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1962 GMC Longbed, V6 Pickup- Still At Work?")
![Text by Patrick Bell The Oldsmobile “Rocket” age actually began in 1949 with their first all new car after WWII. And it served them well for fifty years. Today we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/tumblr_p0xi7dRm1i1qcdxvpo1_1280-115x115.jpg "1950s Oldsmobiles in Vintage Photos – Chrome and Rocket V8s")
![Let’s give a few minutes of attention to the many finds Cohort contributors have been uploading in recent days. We’ll start with a 1978 or so Chevrolet Monza caught by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/54940622829_0275ee76b1_k-115x115.jpg "A Gallery of Cohort Finds From Around The World")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The seasons are changing and it is a good time to clean up the car. Depending on which side of the equator you live, it could […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-15-13.44.21-115x115.png "Soap And Shine: Car Washing In Vintage Photos – 1950s to 1960s")
![It’s classic tiny car time at CC, thanks to this 1990s Daewoo Fino (AKA Tico), still rolling in the streets of Latin America. As many CC readers have noted, old […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_20220608_180511994-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1996 Daewoo Fino (Tico) – Humble City Car Still Doing Its Job")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we have a gallery of Jeeps as they were used by the people who owned or operated them. They were and are versatile vehicles, which […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-03-12-17.16.15-115x115.png "Classic Jeeps and the People Who Drove Them: 1950s–1960s Photos")
