- 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.
![click images for maximum size Text by Patrick Bell. The car count is high today, too high for me to feasibly ID all of them. I have pointed out many, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/rwDrT2c_6pE-115x115.jpg "Parked For The Day: Vintage Photos Of City and Industrial Parking Lots In The 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s")
![Simon White recently uploaded a new batch of his superb images of cars in action to the CC Cohort. Let’s check out some of those, starting with this terrific image […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-16-00.38.28-115x115.png "A Gallery Of Vintage Car And Truck Photos By Simon White")
![Here’s a neat threesome of old-school Toyotas, uploaded to the CC Cohort by Jerome Solberg. Clearly, someone likes their old-school Japanese cars in this Berkeley neighborhood. All RWD models from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/54975224508_b4fbef2da4_b-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: A RWD Toyota Lover Lives Here")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Chevrolet was America’s favorite car during much of the 20th century, when cars still ruled the roads. Today, we have a good selection of cars from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot_20251117-000152-115x115.png "Vintage Photos Of Chevrolet In The 1960s & 1970s: An American Icon In Its Heyday")
![Let’s do some time-traveling to the 1980s. Granted, there are probably other aspects of that era’s automotive landscape we would rather revisit than a humble J-car in “upscale” Buick garb. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/53679016126_f5692afedb_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1984 Buick Skyhawk Wagon – Eighties Time-Capsule Ready For The Camera")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The snow season is well underway in the Northern Hemisphere, which makes it a good time to look at some vintage snowy driveways, and the cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1970-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo-115x115.webp "Winter At Home: Vintage Photos Of Cars In American Driveways Of The 1950s, 1960s & 1970s")
![We’ve had quite a few faux wood wagons these past few days here at CC, and today we’ll stick to the topic with none other than a vast version of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55025653663_20867ed11c_b-115x115.jpg "Big-Block Wagon Abroad: 1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate In The Netherlands – Does It Really Have a 454 V8?")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are featuring some more photos from the Dave Gelinas Collection. He did a great job of gathering images of real life, so let’s see […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dc2b67072a275447ba312909fafbee54-115x115.jpg "Vintage Photos Of Everyday Street Scenes In 1950s & 1960s America")
![I hadn’t heard from my Bay Area pal William in quite a while when, in his social media feed, he recently posted: “I’ll probably need a car. An old manual […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_20251221_143556_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1978 Subaru 4WD (Leone) Wagon – Humble Trailblazer, Still Being Loved")
![Time for another unexpected find from my FB Marketplace feed; a rather nicely preserved 1955 Mercury Monterey Woody Wagon. Yes, another 1950s American wagon in San Salvador, which I admit […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/598854302_1628609441310683_6265311809400720291_n-115x115.jpg "1955 Mercury Monterey Wagon: Family Cruiser Still In Great Shape, But What’s Under The Hood?")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Vintage imported automobiles is our theme today, and we have an interesting gallery to view. There is a wide variety here, including some of the very […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/7357734192_fd15580ecf_4k-115x115.jpg "Import Pioneers: Vintage Photos Of Import Cars And Owners In The 1950s, 1960s & 1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we have a good gallery of vintage photos of the pride of the Mopar fleet: Chrysler and Imperial. During this era, these were well-appointed and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/890555_1000-115x115.jpg "Mopar Elegance: Vintage Photos Of Chrysler And Imperial Cars In The 1950s, 1960s & 1970s")
