- 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.
![Today is a good day as any to attend pending matters at CC. While a good deal of automotive history has already been covered in these pages, there’s been a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_20230321_010557661.jpg "CC TV: Cars Of The Flintstones")
![Out of the box, yet not quite fuselage. By the mid sixties Chrysler’s stylist had trimmed, decorated, and embellished Elwood Engel’s favored boxy forms so many times, that they must […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WP_20180828_17_52_20_Pro.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1970 Plymouth Satellite – Lesser Known B-Side")
![Dad had arrived home shaken. As always, he proceeded to unbutton his shirt by the entry hallway, though this time looking visibly rattled. He then directed his words to Mom, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_20220521_161255880_HDR.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1976 Toyota HiAce – Days Of Wine And Loaves")
![‘Influences,’ ‘References,’ ‘Inspiration;’ all professional terms for what we at CC commonly refer to as cribbing. As time puts distance from a product’s release, a designer will occasionally admit what’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/influences-1a.jpg "Vintage Commentary: Influences – Chuck Jordan On The Art Of Cribbing")
![The robbers had somehow entered the house. How did dad and mom never heard them is beyond me, but it was now up to me to find a way to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_20221029_163521567_HDR.jpg "Streetside Classic: 1974 “El Cherito” – GM’s BTV ‘Dreams’ Project")
![Do curbside classics attract each other? Is there any truth to the CC effect? Or is it all just odd coincidences? Whichever the case may be -magical destiny or plain […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/50903650601_e18630b650_k.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969-70 Ford Capri – Golden Attraction")
![We all have one or two such acquaintances; the office-mate with a beater Volvo, the hip neighbor with a lusty ’70s Celica in the driveway, the CRX nut case from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_20220403_161641542_HDR.jpg "Curbside Classics: 1967 Datsun 2000 (Cedric) and VW Golf Mk1 – Atypical Partners")
![Not long after my father’s passing, I decided to explore the world of his young adulthood by delving into somewhat forgotten pop culture events. That to-do list included Claude Lelouch’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2022-12-04-at-3.29.43-PM.jpg "CC Cinema: The Cars Of “A Man And A Woman” (Un Homme Et Une Femme)")
![It was a slow Sunday afternoon with little to do; a good chance to visit an old ‘hood of my youth and reminisce. A suburban zone built in the ’50s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20220515_153701052.jpg "Curbside Classics: A Walk In The Old ‘Hood")
![Time had come to deal with my long-suffering ’68 VW Beetle, and provide it with a much delayed tune up. The pandemic hadn’t been kind to the human body or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20221214_145021905.jpg "In-Motion Classic: ’62-’65 Opel Kadett A – Time Portal")
![I’ll come out in the open, this was no casual CC find. Chances played no part in this ‘find,’ instead this ’77 Cherry was hunted and pursued by yours truly. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20220803_144703227_HDR.jpg "Curbside Classic: ’74-’77 Datsun 100a (Cherry E10) – Cherry Picking")
![One last round for the Publica, one last chance for the model to find relevance in Toyota’s roster. Its contemporary Corona went on a bit longer, while the Corolla is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_20220603_173427257.jpg "Curbside Classic: ’72-’78 Toyota 1000 (Publica P30) – Going In Circles")
![I had moved back to Puerto Rico with Mom and my little brother in late 1987. Once again in US territory, it didn’t take long for a “classic car show” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_20221211_135814932_HDR.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1955 Chevrolet Station Wagon – Mid-Century Splendor")
![A smile on my face. What else could elicit this little old van? That an inanimate object can provoke emotions defies cold logic. But here I’m, feeling once again nostalgic, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_20221031_163957002_HDR.jpg "Curbside Classic: ’73-’75 Mazda F1000 (Bongo) – Tin Toy Delights")
![I had just gotten out of my car to capture a few snaps, while not far away, both mechanics stopped working. One of them, the pick-up’s owner, approached me with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20220612_141627632_HDR.jpg "Curbside Classic: ’61-’63 Datsun Pickup (320) – “Victory Won’t Be Taken Away…”")
