- 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. Today we have some cars and trucks that were working on the railroad. There is a good variety of track inspection vehicles that were equipped to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/railroad-inspection-car-6.jpg "Vintage Photos: Classic Cars Riding Classic Railways – Railroad Inspection Cars, 1950s-1960s")
![As is well known at CC, Ralf K (Don Kincl) has been one of our favorite Cohort contributors for several years. In recent days, he has uploaded a good number […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-01-23.23.16.jpg "A Gallery Of Vintage Cars And Trucks Shot By Ralf K")
![text by Paul Niedermeyer Americans have been celebrating the 4th of July with parades and other festivities since 1777. The nature of those celebrations has changed somewhat over the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-24-01.03.32.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Parades In The ’50s to ’70s – Celebrating the 4th Of July And More")
![This find by IdiotKing at the CC Cohort is something that doesn’t show up often, especially in the US; a 1960s Nissan Patrol, the maker’s counterpart to Toyota’s Land Cruiser. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-26-07.55.03.jpg "Curbside Find: 1960s Nissan Patrol – Nissan’s Early Off-Roader")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Thomas Jefferson Goad (1885-1970) began his journey in the automobile business in Mineral Wells, Texas around 1908. He expanded to the surrounding counties and in 1924 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/metapth74700_xl_ND-51-335-01.jpg "Vintage Photos: A Cadillac-Oldsmobile Dealer In Texas, 1951-1956")
![Here’s one rather sinister-looking find. It’s a creature-like automotive creation since its inception, and even more so in its current condition. A ’61 Imperial (Trim level? Crown or LeBaron? Your […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-26-07.55.11-copia.jpg "1961 Imperial – One Frankenstein Of A Car, Found In Mary Shelley’s Land")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is a small collection of transit photos from a known source. These are part of a much larger collection (1,656 images) that is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/38459709540_d9890e0116_k.jpg "Vintage Photos: 1961 Chryslers, Plymouths And Dodges, Loading Up For Delivery By Train")
![Sometimes, all it takes is a specific kind of car in the “right” type of condition to bring about full flashback. A beater condition seventies Volvo? With mange-like paint condition, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20240608_154129353.jpg "Riding A 1970s Volvo Beater – Or What’s The Worst Car Interior You Ever Sat In?")
![Today we have a gallery of fancy dressers and their cars; some of which were very fancy, and some not so fancy. A lot has changed in the last fifty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/3-5-1A.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Fancy Dressers And Their Cars, 1950s-1960s")
![Photos from the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. June 2025: A Cutlass Ciera? The once common, how uncommon has it become? Still a few around, huh? Gotta be a late model, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54588607317_22efa6a221_k.jpg "Curbside Find: ’89-’96 Oldsmobile Ciera – The Once Common, Now Uncommon; GM’s FWD A-Bodies 40 Years Later")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Summer is officially here, so let’s take some time to look at convertibles, the ultimate four wheeled summer vehicle. There is a good selection from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-22-18.39.02.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Convertibles Of The 1950s, Back In Their Golden Days")
