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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The Cave: An Inflatable Tent By Heimplanet
This is the Cave, it’s a geodesic dome tent from Heimplanet with an inflatable structure designed to accommodate up to three people and their…
For Sale: A Rare VW Porsche Kaiserslautern Coupe
This is the VW Porsche Kaiserslautern coupe, it’s the only one of this design that was made and it was created by the students…
An Ex-Rod Stewart 1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition
Approximately 658 examples of the Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition were built and this one was completed in 1988, shortly thereafter it was bought by rock…
For Sale: A Ferrari FF V12 Engine Coffee Table
This is a Ferrari FF V12 engine-based coffee table, it’s fitted to a solid base and its circular glass top is 2 meters in…
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…