- 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.
![A couple of recent Australian Valiant finds by John Cockerell at the CC Cohort, a ’66 and ’69 respectively, reminded me that these models deserve a short revisit. Firstly, because […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-16-23.44.46.jpg "1966 & 1969 Valiant: Chrysler Enters Its Best Selling Era In Australia")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The wonderful world of wagons is our feature today with a good selection from the fifties and one from the sixties for good measure. They were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/40cf05b8677605a339301384824803da.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: The Station Wagon, In The 1950s")
![Time for explore, once again, junkyard finds thanks to the Cohort uploads from canadiancatgreen. The shots seem to date from early spring to recent days. Let’s start today’s tour with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-30-13.32.23.jpg "More Canadian Junkyard Classics – From Early Spring To Early Summer")
![Photos from the CC Cohort by J.C. Here’s a photo that, with its graffiti and urban background, took me back to the 1990s. An era when cars were often shown […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/54495104529_d51d1fae32_k.jpg "Curbside Find: 1996-99 Mazda MPV All Sport 4WD – Mazda’s Active Minivan… Or An Early Crossover?")
![Text by Patrick Bell. 1955 was a banner year for the American car industry. Most manufacturers had completely new styling, and many had new V8 power plants. Due to advancing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-25-00.33.07.jpg "Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1955 Arriving For A Record Year In Sales")
![Photos from the CC Cohort by L Seddon. Here’s something that caught my eye at the CC Cohort. And how could it not? Eye-grabbing two-tone paint and a hearty helping […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Vauxhall_Cresta_1960_1.jpg "1959 Vauxhall Cresta PA – Flamboyant 1950s Rocket-Age Styling, With A British Touch")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we have a fine gallery of Chevrolets that were quite common on the streets back in the day. The owners have applied their personal touches […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/3d6f5f0b11a2c0c602b5ef28b9b42297.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Hot Chevys In The ’60s And ’70s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Summer is here for all practical purposes so we are going to do some traveling to see the sights. Only this time we are going to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-03-00.42.51.jpg "Seeing The USA: Road Tripping In The 1950s – 1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. In addition to the arriving and leaving, we have a few stops along the way in today’s gallery. Most of these were vacationers, while some were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-05-17-02.21.16.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Traveling By Car In The ’50s-’70s")
![For today, we’re giving Patrick Bell a bit of a break and I’ll fill in for commentary. Every once in a while, as a recent post showed, I’m reminded that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tumblr_px8hizZaV01qcdxvpo1_1280-e1747895689257.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: A Gallery Of Volkswagen People – ’60s-’70s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. We have a short history lesson of a long time Seattle Oldsmobile dealer for today’s feature; Riach’s. A lesson prompted by the image above, which seems […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/54348160325_ae8a51407d_k.jpg "An Oldsmobile Dealer In Seattle – Images From The ’40s To The ’80s")
