- 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.
![One thing about Volkswagen’s old rear-engined models is that wherever they went, they seemed to pick up distinctive local names — affectionate, quirky, and always memorable. Case in point: this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/55288211300_e0242d1996_b-115x115.jpg "Curbside Finds: VW Things (Type 181) Around the World")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Pets are a big part of most of our families, so it is natural they are involved with our cars. We have a gallery of vintage […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-27-23.07.49-115x115.png "Classic Cars And Family Pets In Vintage Photos — 1950s-1960s")
![What had curvy body lines à la ’68-’70 Dodge Coronet, rode a 1966 A-body platform, shifted via a 4-speed manual, and offered old-school muscle car flavor well into the late 1970s? A […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-05-17-23.54.25-115x115.png "1970-1979 Dodge GTX: Argentina’s Long-Lived A-Body Muscle Car")
![Text by Patrick Bell . Station wagons were the prime people movers of the mid twentieth century era, especially the 1960’s, our focus today. Trucks and vans did not become […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-03-26-23.15.20-115x115.png "1960s Station Wagons In Vintage Photos")
![We haven’t kept up with the Cohort in recent days; it’s time to correct that and see what has been recently found by our contributors. We’ll start with a 1975-76 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-05-13-20.48.36-115x115.png "A Gallery Of Finds From The CC Cohort")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The first holiday of summer is here already, so we are going to hit the vintage road and visit some motels along the way as we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20251202-232838-e1778725939727-115x115.png "On The Road: Motel Scenes And Road Travel In Vintage Photos — 1950s-1960s")
![This photo will likely only reinforce certain, let’s say, stereotypes about the Golden State, but I couldn’t resist sharing it. It’s what you see: a whole bunch of foreign metal […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260329-004436-115x115.png "Vintage Snapshots: A Typical 1970s Pasadena Parking Lot?")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Chevrolet always represented reliability, quality, and value during the 1950’s, and that was reflected in the sales numbers. It was a decade of great change, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260516-044715-115x115.png "1950s Chevrolets In Vintage Photos")
![I’ll admit that the background vehicles and location don’t help the “back in the 1990s” case, but let’s make an effort and ignore that sensorial noise. After all, seeing this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_20260111_153925_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "Curbside Finds: Ford Ranger And Toyota Tercel — (Almost) Back To The 1990s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our focus today is everyday life with automobiles. Life has changed greatly in the last seventy or so years, and that really stands out in these […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/a-car-115x115.jpg "People Enjoying Life In Their Cars — Vintage Photos From The 1950s-1960s")
![“I asked for a car that lasts. I got it,” was a line used in Toyota’s 1976 print materials. And while this 1976-1977 3-door Corolla wagon isn’t in the US, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_20260326_180701_PORTRAIT-115x115.jpg "1976-77 Toyota Corolla 3-Door Wagon: “I Asked For A Car That Lasts. I Got It.” — Still True, Fifty Years Later")
![There’s something curiously captivating about old fleet vehicle photos, especially when they were never meant to attract much attention in the first place. And in today’s case, the old photo […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/fiermen-115x115.jpg "A Fleet of New 1970 Chrysler Town & Country Fire Dept. Wagons Ready for Service")
![Text by Patrick Bell. The 1950’s was a decade of change in the automobile industry, especially in the styling department. Plymouth was one of the more extreme reinventions, going from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/46591604325_7bfdc18f66_k-115x115.jpg "Vintage Photos Of Plymouths In Their Prime In The 1950s")
