- 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.
![Commentary by Paul N. It’s a pleasure to fill in for Patrick Bell today as tri-five Chevys are clearly my favorite domestic cars of the ’50s. I’m guessing I’m not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/f7852607d99ecd38c05a160f08bf68ea.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Chevrolets In The 1950s")
![Text by Patrick Bell Our gallery today is a collection of European cars that were imported to the US. Most of them are from Great Britain, with a few from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-03-03-19.57.41.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Early Import Adopters – 1950s-1960s")
![Some of our current COAL (Cars Of A Lifetime) series are coming to an end in the next few days, so it’s time to find some new COALers. Should you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-03-06-11.24.29.jpg "Time For New COALers")
![Text by Patrick Bell. A little over seventy years ago, Ford introduced the Thunderbird. It was their answer to Chevrolet’s Corvette, but not a direct competitor, with the emphasis being […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-01-19-15.30.11.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Thunderbird People In The ’50s-’60s")
![Photos from the CC Cohort by Corey Behrens. Followers of the American Motors saga know that during its brief quarter-century existence, the company’s history was a mix of a couple […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/54314962825_7daf9f9672_k.jpg "1969 AMC Ambassador DPL Wagon – Long Nose Survivor In The Snow")
![Text by Patrick Bell. On this first Sunday of March, we are going to travel around and view some hotels, motels and cars. This gallery is different than our usual […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/tumblr_oaa4oabBEg1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Motel, Hotels And Cars In The ’50s, ’60s & ’70s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is going to trigger some different types of memories for many of you. Many of them are vehicles in distress, and are from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GhKBQ19aAAAblt6.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Flats, Breakdowns And Curious Repairs")
![Here was one I hadn’t come across in the flesh (metal, really) in quite a while; a late 1980s Toyota Cressida. In many markets, Toyota’s most luxury-oriented model at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240922_172157926.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988-90 Toyota Cressida – Toyota Luxury In The Pre Lexus Days")
![Got a car story to tell with our community? If so, this may be your chance, since we’re once again searching for new COAL contributors here at CC. Should you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-26-16.27.14.jpg "COALers Needed")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we have a gallery of tow vehicles and trailers in a variety of settings. Most of the vehicles are cars, and most of the trailers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=760,height=511,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Early-Sixties-Pontiac-Cree-Travel-Trailer-1.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Old Rides And Trailers In The ’50s-’60s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. For today’s viewing we have a fine gallery of delectable Dodges along with their people in a variety of settings. Dodge seldom (if ever) was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1731212506629.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Dodge Owners And Admirers – 1950s-1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. In today’s gallery we have an assortment of parking lot photos in various locations across the USA. All of these images save the last one are […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/tumblr_o5qqpzwzpo1s87wd1o1_1280.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: Parking Lots In The ’60s & ’70s")
