- 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.
![“Falcon is the U.S.A’s best-selling compact wagon for a whole wagonful of reasons,” Ford proclaimed in the 1962 Falcon brochure. It went on to explain that while “folks came to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54652626425_e249b45b6b_h-115x115.jpg "1962 Ford Falcon Tudor (2-Door) Wagon – Practical Transport Early ’60s Style, Still Doing The Same Job Today")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Henry Ford was born 162 years ago on this date in 1863. To mark the occasion, we are going to take a short look at a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot_20230813-031432.jpg "Vintage Dealer Photo: New ’59 Fords At The Lot, Ready To Be Driven Away")
![It’s the weekend, a time that in my mind is forever associated with junkyard visits. Today, the tour will be a virtual one, with these images posted at the CC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-24-01.32.25.jpg "Junkyard Finds: Here’s Your AMC Spirit Roadster! – And Other Old Iron Finds At The Yard")
![Text by Patrick Bell. I always enjoyed when a transport truck arrived at the dealership’s where I was employed. There is something about a load of new vehicles, even if […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/13d7e8a40bc7e94b56c88e805e7b8e98.jpg "Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1966 Arrive, Ready For A Great Year Of Sales")
![Last weekend, I did a post on a ’53 Ford Ranch Wagon found in San Salvador. With that, I thought I was done with the “Hey look, an old American […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot_20250722-171846.jpg "CC For Sale: 1955 Pontiac Wagon Found Down South – Old American, In Need Of Rescue In The Tropics")
![Here’s something you don’t see every day, a LaForza captured in Vermont and posted at the CC Cohort by William Oliver. A what…? What in the world is a LaForza? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-09-13.21.32.jpg "Curbside Find: 1995-2003 LaForza – Italian Trailblazer From The Early Wave Of Luxury 4x4s")
![The open road calls and today we have a good gallery of adventuresome souls from the past who heeded the call, plus a few who were called towards the water. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/31928173907_37a7a732fa_h.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Trailers – Traveling And Vacation Fun As It Used To Be")
![Here’s an image that should be both familiar and different for those who remember the days when these were around. Familiar, as many of these Furys often served as fleet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54462100229_e6979de045_k.jpg "Vintage Snapshot: ’77-’78 Plymouth Fury Fleet As Taxi Service In The Arabian Peninsula")
![Text by Patrick Bell. It is time for another round of convertibles, this time from the sixties. These will bring back memories for some, and all of us can choose […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/b1d25fcea88b8f0344f011a782b132cf.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Convertibles In The 1960s – Cars To Enjoy The Outdoors, Sixties Style")
![Here’s a find I had been hoping to come across for a while: a 1953 Ford Ranch Wagon, which I had previously seen listed on the local FB Marketplace. A […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_20250227_163305_PORTRAIT.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1953 Ford Ranch Wagon – A Survivor From The 2-Door Wagon’s Peak Era")
![Text by Patrick Bell. I am a car watcher first, but I am a people watcher as well. It has always been fun to connect cars to their people and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/605c0253918603fa816dfb8ecfb476bd.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Fashions And Cars Of The ’60s & ’70s")
![I’ve been a long time fan of the classy Chrysler-Ghia Falcon show car of 1955, perhaps my favorite of the “Idea Car” concepts built during the Exner-Ghia collaboration years. And […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-15-15.39.05.jpg "Vintage Photo: 1955 Chrysler-Ghia Falcon, In Venezuela")
![It’s the summer and vintage cars are showing up in healthy numbers at the CC Cohort; out in regular outings, or at car shows. Of the many, this ’72 Buick […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-14-23.03.42.jpg "1972 Buick GS Sports Coupe; And Other Recent Classic Finds From The CC Cohort")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Vans and van life is our subject today, with a good variety of images to view. These were all over the place back in the day, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-03-03-19.32.11.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Vans, Their People And Lifestyles In The ’60s & ’70s")
