- 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.
![When these modest Japanese subcompacts arrived on foreign shores back in the 1960s and early 1970s, not much was expected of them. Products from carmakers with no image, dubious backgrounds, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_20251225_17040a_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1971 Datsun 1200 – Little Wagon That Could")
![Time for a new gallery of recent finds by Ralf K (Don Kincl) uploaded at the CC Cohort. It’s a varied collection of curbside and junkyard finds, and as always, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/55126951877_0f3f410c31_k-115x115.jpg "A Gallery Of Vintage Cars and Trucks Shot By Ralf K")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Station wagons were the utility vehicles of their day and were a popular part of the typical American family; as such, they make for a good […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-28-15.46.47-115x115.png "Life With The Station Wagon In Vintage Photos – 1950s, 1960s, 1970s")
![Ever since they first showed up in the mid-nineties, I found the 406’s coupe shape to be pretty, svelte, seductive, and sleek. One of the standout coupe designs of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/55121146875_81dd5662a6_b-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 2005 Peugeot 406 – Timeless Grand Tourer")
![Time to visit some Buick dealers, on this occasion stepping into the 1960s and 1970s. Not too many sweepspears in this installment as the brand was evolving, but still a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-03-01-22.10.22-115x115.png "Vintage Photos of 1960s and 1970s Buick Dealerships")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Shopping can be fun … when you stay in the parking lot and look at the cars. That is just what we are doing today, as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/upload_2023-6-19_19-7-3-115x115.png "Shopping Center Parking Lots in the 1950s and 1960s: Vintage Photos")
![Let’s give a couple of minutes of attention to these little Škoda utes that have been toiling away since they showed up in the early 1990s. These boxy utilitarian subcompacts […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/24137988613_4a47ff198b_k-115x115.jpg "1991-1995 Škoda Pickup – Basic Does It")
![In today’s visit to dealerships from the past, we’ll be seeing some of the Cadillacs we’re most familiar with from the days when the division posted some of its best-selling […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-08-23.50.56-115x115.png "Vintage Photos of Cadillac Dealerships in the 1960s and 1970s")
![Buick was a powerhouse in the sales race during the 1950’s, getting as far as third in sales in 1955 and 1956 with products that showed upward mobility and modern […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/d1e6d083590ef2361f8e5fd15c513c2e-115x115.jpg "Ladies And Buicks: 1950s Style In Vintage Photos")
![Not sure how attention-calling an old Corolla wagon is to regular folk. But to us curbsiders fond of the regular machines that once populated the streets, and still in running […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_20220503_140347093-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1984 Toyota Corolla Wagon – Tough To Kill")
![Text by Patrick Bell. It is tour time again as we are looking at some old business districts across the country. There is a good variety of town/city sizes and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-08-14-01.34.48-115x115.png "The Cars And Storefronts Downtown And On Main Street, 1950s and 1960s")
![I remember these as being a thing since day one. And with reason. After all, the model was a high-performance Caprice heavily based on the 9C1 police package, offering full-size […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/54797178088_a028f92148_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1994-1996 Chevrolet Impala SS – Desirable Beater, Too Cool To Scrap?")
![Saturday’s visit to dealers past is courtesy of a few photos from Orbit Oldsmobile in Michigan City, Indiana. Our opening photo from May 1964 shows Orbit’s new location at 609E. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-20-15.22.18-115x115.png "Inside a 1960s Oldsmobile Dealership In Indiana")
![Text by Patrick Bell. On this day in 1954 Ford unveiled its new Thunderbird at the Detroit Auto Show. Production began later that year and they went on sale in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot_20251117-000448-115x115.png "Ford Thunderbirds In Vintage Photos – 1950s and 1960s")
![We’ve been in anniversary mood this week, revisiting CC’s early days and remembering those early Curbside Finds that appeared on the site. Today, we’ll do a variation of that. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Olds-1970-cutlass-4-door-CP.png "A Gallery Of Nighttime Curbside Finds By Curtis Perry")
