Articles that Ben has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more. Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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Station Wagon Sleeper! An Engine-Swapped 1968 Holden HK Premier
This is a 1968 Holden HK Premier station wagon, a vehicle that was a mainstay of Australian families from the 1960s well into the…
A Porsche Ducktail Coffee Table – A “Ducktailble”
This is tempered glass-topped coffee table made from an aftermarket fiberglass Porsche ducktail-style decklid. It’s finished in the famous Gulf Oil racing livery of…
For Sale: A Coyote-Powered Factory Five Mk4 Roadster For Charity
This is a brand new 2024 Factory Five Racing Mk4 Roadster built by the students of the Industrial Arts Therapy STEAM program. 100% of…
Project Car: C1 Corvette Chassis + Drivetrain
This is the powered rolling chassis from a 1960 Chevrolet Corvette C1. The body was removed to go onto a modified chassis, and the…
eBay Find! A Collection Of Kawasaki Z1R TC Turbocharged Motorcycles
This is a collection of 7 examples of the 1978 Kawasaki Z1R TC, the world’s first turbocharged production motorcycle. It also includes an additional…
The “Build Your Own Watch Movement” Kit
This is the Build Your Own Seiko NH36 movement kit from the team at Rotate Watches. It includes a fully-functional mechanical watch movement, and…
Brand New Build: Donut Garage’s V-Rod Cafe Racer
This is the new V-Rod Cafe Racer – it was developed and built over a period of months to look like an actual in-house…
A Sinclair C5: Still In The Factory Box From 1985!
This is a Sinclair C5 that remains in its original box, with the sealing straps still in place from the Merthyr Tydfil factory in…
For Sale: A Toyota Century V12-Powered Land Cruiser
This is a 1987 Toyota Land Cruiser 60 series that’s been fitted with a 5.0 liter V12 engine from a Toyota Century. It’s now…
There’s An M2 Bradley “Turret Simulator” For Sale
This is a turret simulator that was used to train US Army crews on the finer points of operating the pointy end of the…
A DeLorean-Inspired “Back to the Future” Electric Motorcycle
This is a bespoke DAB 1α electric motorcycle built as an homage to one of the most famous cars in cinema history – Doc…
Project Vehicle: A Swedish Stridsvagn 74 Light Tank
This is a Stridsvagn 74 Light Tank, it’s a military vehicle built by AB Landsverk in Landskrona, Sweden in the late 1940s as the…