- 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.
![Guillaume Vachey has been uploading at the CC Cohort a series of photos of Fiat Pandas and Piaggio APEs in recent days. A chance to revisit these tiny basic transport […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54857214268_630bec379b_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Finds: 1980s Fiat Pandas And Piaggio APEs – Basic, Sturdy, And Still Going")
![Text by Patrick Bell. It has been a while since we last had a driveway gallery, and today we are focusing on the suburbs, which were a new thing in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1958-Chevrolet-Impala-vintage-photo-115x115.webp "Vintage Photos Of 1950s Suburbs – And The Cars That Filled Their Driveways")
![Should I ever own a big-block 1960s American car, a package like this is probably what I would pick; a stock-looking mid-size/mid-trim sedan, with a 396 under the hood and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/54894442368_110cfe86c4_b-115x115.jpg "1966 Chevelle 300 Deluxe 2-Door With A 396 And 4-Speed: Understated Looks, Big-Block Might")
![The year is coming to its closing months, and coincidentally, some of our COAL series are reaching their end as well. Time to find new COAL contributors, the Cars Of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-26-22.31.14-115x115.png "COALers Needed")
![Unless you’ve access to a time travel machine, there’s no chance to see Route 66 (officially, Highway 66) as it was. Other than visiting its scattered remnants here and there, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-11-06-14.51.53-115x115.png "The Golden Age Of Route 66 – As Seen Through Vintage Postcards")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Pontiac excitement had cranked up during this era, and today’s gallery has a nice selection of that excitement. Let’s take a peek. We will get off […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot_20250328-044728-115x115.png "Pontiacs In Their Prime: Vintage Photos From The 1960s And 1970s")
![It’s old Datsun time today, with this find uploaded at the CC Cohort by car_spots_aus. And it’s one of those you don’t see anymore, a 1974-1977 Datsun 180B wagon, or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1974-1977-Datsun-180B-station-wagon-orange-car_spots_aus-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1974–1977 Datsun 180B (610/Bluebird) Wagon: A Faded Orange 1970s Time Capsule Still Going")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The Dave Gelinas Collection of photos did very well at capturing real life on film, and they have been featured here before. Come board the tour […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/441acd2d7242c29972f3121616fc372b-115x115.jpg "Vintage Photos Of Everyday Street Scenes In 1950s America")
![So, it’s Halloween, a fun date to talk about cars in spooky films. But me being me, I’ll abstain from the obvious; no Christine Plymouths, nor the devil-possessed customized Lincoln […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screen-Shot-2025-10-29-at-11.11.03-PM-115x115.png "When The Love Bug Got Creepy: Inside The “Herbie Rides Again” Nightmare Sequence")
![I captured this old Peugeot 504 L back in 2017, a one time find that I’ve never come across again. Meanwhile, in recent times, a battered black one that I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-30-00.00.38-115x115.png "Curbside Find: 1973 Peugeot 504 L – Old Lion In Autumn")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Fastbacks are the feature today, and we have a fabulous amount of fantastic photos for you to flip through. So find yourself a comfortable place to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-10-17.09.21-115x115.png "Classic American Fastbacks Of The 1960s & 1970s In Vintage Photos")
![Let’s see, what is (probably still) reliable, offers open air riding, a cargo bed, and (cosmetic) performance bragging rights? A third-generation Toyota Truck custom job, of course! And here is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54880085361_2445cd5647_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: Toyota Sturdiness, Open Air & (Cosmetic) Performance")
