- 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. The weather is warming in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere so it is time to plan for a picnic. In a world where there were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/405b81ff0ba40d29a186693adb4803c4.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Picnics And Roadside Snacks – Images From The 1950s-1960s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is another chapter in our series of trucks. There is a good variety of both pleasure and working units in a nice variety […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-03-17-17.32.57.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Trucks In The 1950s-1960s")
![In recent days a couple of old hardworking Toyotas have become regulars in my San Salvador neighborhood. From what I see, both still earning a daily living. We’ll start with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241215_125714_PORTRAIT.jpg "Curbside Classics: ’65 Toyota Stout And ’70s Dyna – Toyota Workhorses Still Earning A Living")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The calendar says spring is here in the northern hemisphere, so today we are going to cruise around and see what is in some driveways. It […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-08-01.24.17.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: What’s In The Driveway? – Cars In The Suburbs 1960s-1970s")
![Photos from the CC Cohort by Jerome Solberg. For those with a longing for the defunct traditional American luxury land yachts of yore, here’s a pair of survivors to attend […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54391801064_76251cf38c_k.jpg "1976 Chrysler New Yorker & 1971 Cadillac Coupé DeVille – A Pair Of Luxury Land Yachts, Still Gliding Over California’s Streets")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is Rivieras on the road in the sixties with one from the seventies for good measure. The Riviera was GM’s answer to the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/24245123004_25924bcc9e_k.jpg "Vintage Photos: Buick Rivieras On The Road In The 1960s")
![Old Chevy trucks never cease to show up in one form or another; after all these years, they remain neighborhood staples. And no, there’s nothing particularly extraordinary about this one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241210_142906_PORTRAIT.jpg "Curbside Classics: A Pair Of 1960s Chevy Trucks – Old Patina Vs. The Mean Rod")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today’s gallery is another in our series of Cadillac’s, the self described ‘Standard of the World’. They were for the most part fine automobiles and did […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-01-22-16.36.14.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Cadillacs On The Road – 1950s-1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Spring is about a week away in the Northern Hemisphere, at least according to the calendar. Winter is losing its grip so today let’s hit the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-03-01-01.35.00.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Traveling And Sightseeing Across The US – 1950s-1970s")
![The 1980s were certainly an age for the compact hatchback. Not that I know for sure when the concept peaked in sales and execution, but it was certainly the era […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20220528_162548814_HDR.jpg "Curbside Find: 1985-86 Toyota Starlet (P70) – Small Hatchbacks For The 1980s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to take another visit to Las Vegas. We have a top notch selection of photos from the fifties and sixties that are […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/53922716944_9140fd03a8_k.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Las Vegas In The ’50s-’60s")
![I guess it is due time to feature, once again, an old barely-still-there piece of hardworking Japanese tin. This time in the form of a mid-1970s Nissan Urvan/Caravan E20, a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20230113_145540432.jpg "Curbside Find: 1973-80 Nissan Urvan/Caravan (E20) – Nissan’s Boxy People Hauler")
