- 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. School starts next week in my part of the world, so it seems like a good time to take another look at station wagons and their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/a-dart.webp "Vintage Snapshots: Life With The Station Wagon – Pure ’50s & ’60s Nostalgia")
![In many ways, the 1990s were the peak era for Japanese sporty-car offerings, from hot GTs to specialized sports cars to affordable compacts. The variety at the time was astounding. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/sports-compacts.jpg "Small, Fun And Forgotten: Japanese FWD Sports Compacts Of The ’90s")
![The images that Ralf K has uploaded to the CC Cohort throughout the years have been some of our favorites. And as some of you know, in recent months we’ve […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-04-15.05.59.jpg "A Gallery Of Vintage Car Finds By Ralf K")
![Today’s automotive curiosity comes thanks to a couple of images shared by riveranotario at the Cohort; a 1991 Yugo Skala, a model I had no idea had reached South America. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-03-11.08.32.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1991 Yugo Skala – The Fiat 128 Pick Up")
![Text by Patrick Bell. As the 1948 sales brochure stated; “This time it’s Hudson”. I’ve never had any experience with one, as they were all about gone in my part […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/e823a18f05f2caa4a3ff56e5152b605f.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Hudsons and Their People In Their Best Era")
![We’re on for another chapter of American cars of the ’60s-’70s in Europe. Today is the muscle car variety, with a 1970 Chevelle SS in Hungary uploaded by Roshake at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1970_ChevelleSS_Inmotion_11.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS In Hungary")
![I don’t know about you, but my fondness of looking for old cars that used to be common comes in different degrees — from the ones that I dearly miss […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1977_Toyota_Corona1.jpg "Curbside Find: 1978 Toyota Corona – Some Rash, But This Old Pal Is Still Rolling!")
![“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")
