- 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.
![I think that, like most, whenever I think of GM’s 1968-1972 A-Bodies, the first image that comes to mind is that of a 2-door hardtop coupe. Understandably, since the 2-doors […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20250821_174510_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "1968 Pontiac LeMans 4-Door Hardtop – Pure Attraction")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Virgil Max Exner, Sr. was born on September 24th, 1909 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He began his work in automotive design in the mid 1930’s at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-19-23.26.18-e1758925944862-115x115.png "Vintage Photos: Jet-Age Dreams – Chrysler’s Exner Era")
![Generalizations are a risky thing, but I feel pretty safe in saying that for those of us whose lives revolve around cars, the love for car-related matters started at an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantaaalla-2025-06-11-01.15.36-115x115.png "The Thunderbird And Mustang Juniors Of 1955-1967 – When Kids Drove In Style")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Station wagons were the utility vehicle of choice during this time period. They were comfortable enough for people, and rugged enough for trailer towing and everything […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-25-23.41.55-115x115.png "Station Wagons On The Road – Road Trips And Everyday Life In The 1950s, 1960s And 1970s")
![For today, we’ll revisit AMC dealers in the 1970s. Unlike previous tours, this one will focus on images from only two dealers, but each with enough AMC content for those […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-12-22.11.01-1-115x115.png "AMC Dealers In The 1970s – A Matador Barcelona Coupe, Plus Tame And Wild Hornets")
![Text by Patrick Bell. We have something different today with a nice selection of cars traveling by water. Ferries do an excellent job of moving cars and trucks, but you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_6595e9d13c0a3d9887faebab30d9417c_c70d368d_1280-115x115.png "Cars On The Waves – Car Ferry Scenes Of The 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to wish David Dunbar Buick a belated Happy Birthday. He was born on September 17, 1854, in Scotland, and moved to Detroit […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-16-14.54.44-115x115.png "Vintage Snapshots: Buick Style In The 1950s-1970s")
![If Chrysler’s products of the early ’60s were flamboyant, doesn’t a stretched one turn them into even bolder statements? I certainly think so. Exactly, how long are those fins now? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/upload_2022-9-14_18-25-5-115x115.png "The Chrysler And Pontiac Limousines Of Hawaii – Cruising Paradise In The 1960s")
![In retrospect, however short-lived it turned out to be, one can safely assume that the arrival of the 4-door hardtop station wagon was inevitable. Both the station wagon and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1957-Mercury-Commuter-and-1957-Oldsmobile-Golden-Rocket-88-Fiesta-115x115.webp "All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s")
![So there I was, on my visit to Antigua Guatemala last March, when on my way to our hotel, I came across a 1954 Pontiac custom job being used as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20250308_161402_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "1954 Pontiac: One-Of-A-Kind In Guatemala")
![Text by Patrick Bell. You don’t see people hand washing their cars much anymore, or at least I don’t. As a car washer from way back, even I haven’t done […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-09-21-00.05.49-115x115.png "Vintage Snapshots: Soap And Shine – Car Washing In The 1950s-1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Fifty-five years ago today the Pinto galloped into the world as Ford’s domestic entry into the subcompact market. In its decade of production, over 3.1 million […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/77c6e25e9f1da1eca02ee170a8764e3a-115x115.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Loving Our Ford Pintos – 1970s-1980s")
