- 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.
![If I remember correctly, Honda was about the least Brougham-y of the Japanese carmakers. But well, if a Honda is to get the Woodie treatment, an early CR-V is probably […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-07-16.08.27-115x115.png "Curbside Find: Honda CR-V – Homemade Woodie Edition")
![Maybe I didn’t live in the right California city back in the ’90s, but as far as I can recall, even then, finding an unrestored early Karmann Ghia was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/KarmannGuia_Patina1-115x115.png "1955 Karmann-Ghia Convertible Wearing Its Patina Well")
![Summer is coming to an end, but that’s not the only season that’s changing around us, particularly here at CC, since some of our current COALers will soon finish their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-02-16.01.20-115x115.png "COALers And Contributors Needed")
![There I was, waiting for an old friend of mine in the corner of 24th and Mission in San Francisco, just by the BART station, when this white Alfa Romeo […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20241205_151228_aHDR-115x115.jpg "In Motion Classic: Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV – Pure Seduction")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The call of the open road can come on strong enough to get the creative juices flowing. To avoid the expense of motels people will find […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-1-A-3-115x115.jpg "Rolling Oddities: Vintage Campers Through The Years – From Mild To Wild")
![At first glance, this might look like just another Volkswagen T3 double cab, but appearances can be deceiving. Robadr captured one of the rarest versions ever built: the T3 Transporter […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54743427037_c0d819cc8f_b-115x115.jpg "Rare Find: VW T3 Transporter Double-Cabin TriStar – The 4-Door Transporter")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today is the 68th anniversary of Edsel Introduction Day, or E-Day. It was a highly publicized event that attracted a lot of attention, but not very […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_p8qucjs4gi1qcdxvpo1_a1280-115x115.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Remembering Edsels In The 1950s & 1960s")
![Time for another chapter in my series of American cars lost in the tropics, with this 1975 Ford Thunderbird that showed up recently in my FB Marketplace feed. It’s a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/516200957_2633287860343555_5264828458364067086_n-115x115.jpg "1975 Ford Thunderbird: Copper-Toned Neoclassical Time-Capsule")
![In recent days, frequent CC Cohort contributor Jerome Solberg uploaded a nice number of curbside finds from California. Enough so that I feel it’s time for a fresh tour of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-31-15.13.53-115x115.png "Rare Find: 1968 Imperial Convertible – And Other Vintage Cars Spotted in California")
![Text by Patrick Bell. A big and important part of traveling has always been the refueling stops, where the vehicle gets a short rest as well as a refuel, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/tumblr_oc41wt73xA1rr6g40o1_1280.jpg "Fill ‘Er Up! – Classic Gas Stations In The ’50s, & ’60s")
![Recently, I came across a bunch of vintage photos from the Oakland and East Bay area that were rather exciting in a personal way. The images are from a much […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/39558564954_869e1299bf_k-115x115.jpg "Forgotten Oakland: Vintage Photos Of Its Industrial Past")
![I’m not entirely sure if this old panel van, posted in the CC Cohort by Guillaume Vachey, was rescued or just preserved. Regardless of the precise details, the point is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-23-11.44.54-115x115.png "Curbside Find: 1959 Chevy Apache – Ambulance Rescued Abroad?")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The last holiday of summer is upon us, so let’s hit the road and get one last blast before winter sets in. We have a variety […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-26-15.07.56.jpg "Retro Road Trips: Motels Of The ’50s, ’60s And ’70s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Recreation has always been a big part of life and today’s gallery has many trucks in use for such activities. There are some other activities as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-04-06-23.29.16.jpg "Vintage Trucks Of The ’50s and ’70s: Owners, Rigs, And Roadside Life")
