- 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.
![Photo from the CC Cohort by Guillaume Vachey. Nope, that’s not a typo in this post’s title; it really is a Chrysler Stratus, the badge and name under which these […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/55472683850_4dcd8fe318_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1995-1998 Chrysler Stratus – An Unlikely American in France")
![Text by Patrick Bell. On the menu today is a nostalgic tour through the fast-food joints, diners, and roadside eateries of 1950s–70s America. These vintage photos provide a fun look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-26-16.26.42-115x115.png "When Cars, Diners and Fast Food Went Together: Vintage Photos From the 1950s–70s")
![It’s another visit to Pontiac dealers of the past through vintage photos, on this occasion featuring some of the brand’s better days, when it went from a conservative GM division […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantallaa-2026-08-25-23.52.53-115x115.png "Vintage Photos: Pontiac Dealers In The 1960s-1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Buick had their game going in the 1950’s. They offered style, reliability, and power to the hungry car buying public. Today we have several examples to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-22-18.57.09-115x115.png "Buicks In Their Best Decade — Vintage Photos 1950s")
![Wait, what is it we got here? That was my first thought as I approached this boxy ‘Sheer Look’ 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale sedan and then noticed… Diesel badges! Quite […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_20260705_143905_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Diesel – Unlikely Survivor From GM’s Diesel Era")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Family photos are always fun to view as the people and their apparel really show how time changes our world. And when you have their cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot_20260410-105235-115x115.png "When the Family Car Was Everything: 1950s to 1970s Life in Vintage Photos")
![Today’s tour through vintage images will be thanks to postcards of American main streets and downtowns. Before the era of big-box stores, sprawling shopping centers, and endless suburban development, these […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/55130251934_759f2d7d29_h-115x115.jpg "Vintage 1950s & 1960s Postcards Of Main Streets And Downtowns")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The 1960’s and 1970’s were good years overall for Dodge, as they (like many others) went after the youth market brought on by the baby boomer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot_20260322-004848-115x115.png "Dodges In Their Prime — Vintage Photos 1960s-1970s")
![A recent batch of images posted in the CC Cohort by RJ offered up a nice selection of 1980s and 1990s curbside classics still out there running. As a twist […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantallaa-2026-08-18-15.35-115x115.png "1980s-1990s Curbside Finds In Estonia")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Vintage gas stations are on the tour schedule today, though most of them could be called “service stations”, as service is what you used to receive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-01-27-15.08.50-115x115.png "Gas Stations Of the 1950s – 1970s In Vintage Photos")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Chevrolet’s momentum of the 1950’s carried over to the next decade and into the beginning of the malaise era as well. By then the world had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-05-11-20.17.42-115x115.png "Chevrolets In Their Prime – Vintage Photos, 1960s-1970s")
![Photos from the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. In general, the public has a fascination with origin stories—and endings. Today, we have one of the latter, with a closing chapter that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/55348027197_a31841f7a1_k-115x115.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1975 Pontiac Grand Ville Brougham Convertible — Last of the Big Pontiac Convertibles")
![Today’s postcard tour takes us back to Pontiac’s glory years, from the 1960s into the 1970s, when the division was turning out some of its most memorable cars. As usual, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-14-23.11.33-115x115.png "Pontiac’s Best Years In Vintage Postcards — 1960s-1970s")
![Today’s gallery of vintage Ford dealership postcards takes us back to the 1960s and 1970s. From Falcons and Fairlanes to Mustangs, Galaxies, and hardworking pickups, there’s plenty of familiar Fords […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot_20260811-225518-115x115.png "1960s-1970s Ford Dealers In Vintage Postcards")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is another round of images from the Dave Gelinas Collection. The photos in Dave’s collection show that he truly had an eye for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-10-09.21.19-115x115.png "Vintage Photos Of Everyday Street Scenes In The 1950s & 1960s")
