- 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. Our feature today is the grand opening of a new building for Jackson Motor Company, a dealer in Walla Walla, Washington, which had a very unusual […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/194588425_2891688564431092_1984727299831202368_n-115x115.jpg "Opening Day: A Look At a Lincoln-Mercury AND Rambler Dealer Debut")
![Frequent Cohort contributor Ralf K (Don Kincl), a favorite of ours, has been busy these past few weeks sharing recent finds. Time for another catch up session, this time featuring […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12141602455_5821d68eaf_k-115x115.jpg "Time Stopped: Vintage Cars And Patina, As Captured By Ralf K")
![Time for some tiny haulers, with three samples still toughin’ it out in the world; all taken from the CC Cohort. First, this early 1970s Honda TN found by Rod […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54862270454_14cff2589c_b-115x115.jpg "Honda TN, Bedford Rascal And Asia Towner: A Trio Of Kei Trucks Still Toughin’ It Out")
![The term “modern” has been with us for quite a while, an ever-present concept that many are always in pursuit of; the car world being no exception. Recently, we took […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-23-17.50.44-115x115.png "Streamlined Showrooms: Vintage Postcards Of Art Deco Car Dealerships")
![Text by Patrick Bell. If colorful cars are your thing you have come to the right place today. Bright color technology and usage came to all price ranges of cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot_20240716-044656-e1761112073508-115x115.png "Color And Chrome: 1950s Cars In Two-Tone Magic")
![For drivers, the steering wheel is our closest and most permanent connection to our cars. We might not pay much attention to them, but they set the tone for our […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-30-00.14.42-115x115.png "From Chrome To Clear Plastic: Bold Steering Wheels Of The 1950s & 1960s")
![Last week, I shared a custom 1980s Ford Ranger that had been fixed up with Lincoln Continental looks — sort of. With that one out of the way, I felt, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1971-lincoln-continental-ranchero-115x115.png "1971 Lincoln Continental “Ranchero” – Neoclassical Luxury Meets Utility")
![Text by Patrick Bell. When Chevrolet introduced the subcompact Vega for model year 1971 it was an entirely new design on a new platform. With a sporty version called the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-13-04.26.32-115x115.png "From Vega To Monza: A Look Back At GM’s 1970s H-Body Subcompacts")
![Canadiancatgreen has been one of our most prolific CC Cohort contributors throughout the years, and these past few months, he’s been as busy as ever in his curbside hunting activities. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54508911516_03f2632339_ak-115x115.jpg "Curbside Finds From The Cohort In Canada")
![Today’s collection of vintage dealer photos highlights those with modernist/googie inspired signs on their lots. Designs that mixed Jet-Age motifs, asymmetric compositions, and simple geometric shapes; hallmarks of that Jet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/hamb-78-Park-Avenue-Chevrolet-36-115x115.png "Jet-Age Glow: Googie-Inspired Car Dealer Signs Of The 1950s & 1960s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is a nice selection of Oldsmobiles for your viewing pleasure. Overall they were a quality car line with a stable customer base and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2a7637364164_124785f18e_b-115x115.jpg "Vintage Photos Of Oldsmobile During Its Golden Era – 1960s–1970s")
![photos from the CC Cohort by Jerome Solberg. Finding cars from the 1950s, unrestored, still providing driver duties, has become a very rare thing. So, this old 1956 Plymouth caught […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54750133234_04b0121084_b-115x115.jpg "1956 Plymouth Suburban – The Trusty Ol’ 2-door Wagon")
![One thing about old vans is how they manage to mix utilitarian traits with a hint of hipness, almost regardless of condition. Something few other vehicles can do. And this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54847524683_d693e5bbd1_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: Ford Econoline (Gen 1) – Old Box Still Laboring")
![Text by Patrick Bell. We have another round of wagons for today, with a good variety of high end, low end, and mid range offerings. They were still quite common […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-10-23.08.09-115x115.png "Snapshots From The Station Wagon Years – 1960s to 1970s")
