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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A Porsche-Powered “Baja Bug” Beetle
This is a Baja Bug, a highly modified Volkswagen Beetle designed for desert racing, and unlike the vast majority of its kind its powered…
Short Film: Cristian Sosa Metal Work Masterclass – At MotoRRetro
This short film showcases the series of hands-on lessons in custom motorcycle fuel tank design and fabrication that were given to the MotoRRetro student…
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk – Rescued After Being Buried For 50 Years On A South Pacific Island
This Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is one of the 13,738 that were produced during WWII, it was built at the Buffalo, New York Curtiss-Wright factory…
For Sale: A Bocar XP-5: The American Sports Car That Took On The World
The Bocar XP-5 was developed by American racer and low-volume automaker Bob Carnes in the late 1950s. He wanted an American-made sports car that…
Assembly Required: A Ferrari Dino Engine + Gearbox
This is the V6 engine and 5-speed transmission from a Ferrari Dino 246, it has a displacement of 2,400cc offering a power output of…
A Rare Kawasaki KLR650 Diesel-Powered Motorcycle For The Special Forces
This may look like an ordinary drab green military Kawasaki KLR650 but it’s actually something altogether more special. It’s one of the rare bikes…
An Original Porsche 901 Brochure Is For Sale
This is one of relatively few original brochures for the Porsche 901 – the car that would later be renamed the Porsche 911 after…
A One-Off Bentley Mark VI Majestic Major Hemi V8 Special – “A Lotus 7 On Steroids”
This Bentley Mark VI “Hemi V8” Special is the only one of its kind in the world. It’s a one-off British hot rod of…
The MOMO California Steering Wheel
This is the Momo California Steering Wheel, it’s a classically designed wheel intended for use in vintage cars, it has a 360mm diameter and you…
Bruce Springsteen’s 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 Is For Sale
This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle was bought for Bruce Springsteen by his mechanic in 1981, he owned the car in the 1980s and it was later…
There’s A Rare Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider For Sale
The Ferrari 250 GT California Spider was actually the brainchild of an American named John von Neumann, he was a California-based importer who had…
The Remarkably Futuristic Tatra T77 From 1934
The Tatra T77 is a relatively unknown vintage car today however its influence on automotive aerodynamics was gargantuan. It was the first production automobile with…