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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Original Survivor: A Toyota Land Cruiser LJ73 LX Turbodiesel 5-Speed
This is an original 1992 Toyota Land Cruiser LJ73 LX, it’s fitted with the bulletproof 2.4 liter turbodiesel inline-four cylinder engine which sends power back through…
For Sale: A WWII-Era Douglas A-26 Invader
This is a 1944 Douglas A-26 Invader, it saw action in World War II in Europe with the 9th Air Force during the Battle of the…
The Catch & Cook Essentials Survival Kit By VSSL
This is the VSSL Catch & Cook Essentials Kit, in short, it contains all the things you need to catch a fish and start a…
(Probably) The Fastest Royal Enfield On Earth – The Revelry Racing Continental GT
The motorcycle you see here, named “RevElation” by the team that built it, is almost certainly the fastest Royal Enfield ever made – this…
An Original Evel Knievel Snake River Canyon Jump Sign
Evel Knievel’s Snake River Canyon jump is almost certainly the most famous failed televised stunt in world history, and this is one of the…
A Rare Sinclair C5: Still In The Factory Box After 37 Years
This Sinclair C5 has remained in its original factory box for 37 years and counting. It was discovered when the Hoover factory was being cleared…
Two Northrop Flying Wing Models: The YB-49 + B-2 Spirit
These two 1/72nd scale models belonged to Haig Asdurian, the former head of engineering at Northrop Corporation. One of the models is a Northrop YB-49…
A Rare Harley-Davidson MT500 Military Motorcycle
This is a Harley-Davidson MT500 and if you’ve never heard of it before, that may be because just 500 or so were made before…
Project Car: A Derelict Lamborghini Espada V12 – $11,000+ USD
This is a Series II Lamborghini Espada from 1972, it came from the factory with the quad-cam Bizzarini-designed 3929cc V12 Lamborghini engine that’s capable of…
The Zippo Typhoon Match Kit
This is the Zippo Typhoon Match Kit, and as the name suggests, it’s a kit that includes stormproof matches that will prove invaluable the…
“The Forgotten Porsche” – A 1974 Porsche 914 5-Speed
The Porsche 914 was developed in the mid 1960s as a joint project between Porsche and Volkswagen. Porsche needed a new replacement for their 912 model, VW…
For Sale: A Honda VFR750R RC30 – King Of The 80s Superbikes
When the Honda VFR750R RC30 went on sale in 1988 it was essentially a road-legal, two-wheeled grand prix motorcycle that anyone could buy. If…