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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Rally Wagon! A Race-Ready Volvo 1800ES
The Volvo 1800ES is one of the best-loved station wagons to emanate from Europe in the 1970s, it was built on the foundation of…
For Sale: Ferrari F40 Wire Frame Sculpture
This is a wire frame sculpture of the Ferrari F40 – inarguably one of the Italian automakers most important and historically significant supercars. The…
The Only One Of Its Kind: A Jaguar XK140 Special Equipment By Michelotti
This is the Jaguar XK140 as you may never have seen it before – re-clothed by Giovanni Michelotti with a unique, one-off body after…
The Merlin Mahala D3O Raid Jacket
This is the Merlin Mahala D3O Raid Jacket, it was developed by the Britsh company for people who plan to ride their motorcycles in…
Motorcycle Design Icon: A Pre-WWII BMW R12
The BMW R12 is one of the most beautiful motorcycles from its era and many consider it one of the most beautiful of the…
The GoRuck M22 Cordura Backpack: $195 USD
This is the GoRuck M22 Cordura Backpack, it has a design inspired by the simple canvas bags used by GIs in the Vietnam War,…
Off-Grid + Adventure Ready: An Iveco 90-16 4×4 Overland Camper
This overland camper was built in the United States on the back of an Iveco 90-16 4×4 that had been in use since the late…
For Sale: An Original Chrysler Sno-Runner
The Chrysler Sno-Runner is almost certainly the strangest vehicle ever produced by the American automaker. It’s essentially a snow-moped with a single ski up front,…
Weird Wheels: A Vectrix VX-1 Electric Custom Motorcycle
When you first lay eyes on this Vectrix VX-1 custom it’s not completely clear what you’re looking at. It somewhat resembles the Henderson KJ…
Randolph Aviator Sunglasses: U.S. Military Pilot Standard Issue
These are the Randolph Aviator Sunglasses, they have the unusual distinction of having been standard issue for U.S. military pilots and astronauts for over…
For Sale: A Rare Early Mercedes-Benz Unimog
This is the Mercedes-Benz Unimog 411, it’s a member of the first generation of Mercedes-built Unimogs that incorporated a range of improvements over the…
KTM 990 Super Duke Flat Tracker: Second Wave 001
This is the KTM 990 Super Duke as we’ve ever seen it before, as a stripped back lightweight flat tracker that would likely make very…