- 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. We are traveling in the time machine today, heading to The City of the Angels, otherwise known as Los Angeles. There is a lot to absorb, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/3-3-1-LA-115x115.jpg "Los Angeles In Vintage Photos — 1950s-1960s")
![Today’s trip through Pontiac history comes courtesy of vintage dealership postcards spanning the marque’s glory years, from the 1960s into the 1970s. As expected, you’ll find plenty of Pontiacs on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-06-01-16.01.07-115x115.png "Pontiac’s Best Years In Vintage Postcards — 1960s-1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Dodge had been regarded as a medium priced line during the era we’re featuring today, but they always had a successful line of low priced cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260516-040910-115x115.png "1950s Dodge Cars In Vintage Photos")
![In today’s visit to dealers of the past, can I interest you in some new, colorful, and shiny Nash vehicles? A trio sitting in what looks to be a sales […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/848687_1000-115x115.jpg "A Colorful Row of New 1953 Nashes Sitting On A Dealer’s Lot")
![What’s this? Some obscure Ford concept testing out the idea of a plush personal-use pickup years before that became fashionable? A forgotten experiment dreamed up by an ambitious young Lee […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-05-27-18.31.51-115x115.png "Meet The “Merchero” — The Custom 1957 Mercury Ranchero Ford Never Built")
![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")
