- 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.
![Text by Patrick Bell. It has been said that people look like their dogs, and I think that can apply to their cars as well. Today’s gallery pairs people with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot_20260612-002153-115x115.png "Me And My Car – Vintage Photos 1950s-1960s")
![The creations on display at Arizona’s Dwarf Car Museum make for a one-of-a-kind tour of automotive creativity and have, quite deservedly, become a well-known attraction among car enthusiasts. Regular CC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/55365328901_a1547efb5f_k-115x115.jpg "A Visit to the Dwarf Car Museum Through the Lens of Ralf K")
![Text by Patrick Bell. I’ve always had a soft spot for Mercurys and have owned a few along the way. They weren’t exactly the most popular cars of the 1960s, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot_20260812-032154-115x115.png "Mercurys In Their Prime In Vintage Photos — 1960s-1970s")
![Let’s take a few minutes today to catch up with several noteworthy curbside finds that our Cohort contributors have uploaded in recent weeks. We’ll start with one of the rarest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/55440922763_33ff2be2c1_k-115x115.jpg "A Rare 1968 Pontiac Parisienne 2+2 Convertible—and More CC Cohort Finds")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Everyday scenes from the past is our feature today, and we have some good ones to view. So take a look and see what all has […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot_20260823-073009-115x115.png "Vintage Photos Of Everyday Scenes In The 1950s-1970s – People And Their Cars")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we have a different vintage photo feature, as we look at the world of mid-century Buick, this time through a series of photographs from regional […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot_20260907-020435-copia-115x115.png "When the 1962 Buicks Were Brand New — Vintage Photos")
![Today, it’s visit time to Lincoln-Mercury dealers as they appeared from the 1950s through the 1970s—a period when the dealerships themselves went through quite a transformation. What began as fairly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-09-14-18.32.29-115x115.png "Lincoln-Mercury Dealers In Vintage Postcards — 1950s-1970s")
![As with pets, we automotive types tend to believe that cars often resemble their owners. A “truism” that has become less applicable in recent times, perhaps, but when it comes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_20260627_172451_PORTRAIT-2-115x115.jpg "Curbside Finds: Two VW Double Cab Pickups, Two Different Lifestyles")
![Text by Patrick Bell. It’s tour day, and this time we’re going downtown—or, more accurately, to several downtowns. Not the increasingly rare downtowns we know today, but the vintage kind, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-27-15.16.29-115x115.png "Cars And Storefronts Downtown And On Main Street, 1950s-1970s")
![There’s something rather neat about seeing Cadillac and Oldsmobile together in several of these old dealer photos–a collection of gleaming Oldsmobiles representing a family that was moving up in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Captura-de-pantaalla-2025-10-09-01.37.46-copia-115x115.png "Cadillac and Oldsmobile at the Dealer: Vintage Photos From the 1950s–70s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Studebaker was a long time car maker that faded away in the 1960’s. Their cars were loved by many, but unfortunately by not enough. Today we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot_20260413-021554-115x115.png "Studebaker Through the Years In Vintage Photos")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Chryslers and Imperials are the focus today as we take a look at a few from the 1960’s and 1970’s. They were known as a company […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-06-17-16.19.53-115x115.png "Chrysler And Imperial In Their Prime — Vintage Photos, 1960s-1970s")
![It’s back to the Eighties with this find by Dave Saunders, uploaded to the CC Cohort. My, how times change. To think there was a time when Oldsmobiles like this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/55446892284_e7a11659d7_b-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1989-1991 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight – Once Everywhere, Now a Rare Sight")
![Today’s vintage gallery of dealer shots offers a chance to watch Dodge transform over the course of the 1960s. The brand began the decade with a grown-up mission, and curious […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-11-00.14.51-115x115.png "Dodge Dealers In Vintage Photos — 1960s-1970s")
