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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For Sale: A Rare Ford 427 SOHC Cammer V8 Crate Engine
The Ford 427 SOHC Cammer V8 is one of the rarest and most desirable big block V8 engines ever made. Unusually for an American…
Street-Legal Historic Race Car: A 1962 Semi-Lightweight E-Type
This Jaguar E-Type has been built to “Semi-Lightweight” specification by XK Engineering, it’s powered by an all-alloy Crosthwaite & Gardiner 3.8 liter straight-six that’s…
The Damascus Pocket Knife With A Skateboard Deck Handle
This is the Damascus Pocket Knife from the team at Rill Simple Tools, as the name suggests it’s a pocket knife with a Damascus steel blade…
For Sale: A Ferrari 250 GTE Project Car
This is a Ferrari 250 GTE and as you can see, it’s part way through a stalled restoration. It’s now being offered for sale…
An Original Porsche 959 Tool Kit
This is a Porsche 959 tool kit containing all the items you might need for roadside repairs and tinkering – though it’s perhaps doubtful…
Purple Perfection: A 1967 Chevrolet El Camino 4-Speed
The Chevrolet El Camino is one of those alternative classic cars, not quite as mainstream as your Ford Mustangs or Chevrolet Corvettes but loved just as much (if…
The Kriega x RSD Roam Tool Roll
This is the new Kriega x RSD Roam Tool Roll, it’s designed to hold all the essential tools you need for road trips on two…
First Prototype For Sale: The PBB Design Jaguar XJR-S V12 “Monaco”
This is the Jaguar XJR-S V12 “Monaco” by the team at PBB Design based out of Bristol in England. It’s believed that just 12…
Retro Survivor: An Original 1986 Honda FourTrax 250R
The Honda FourTrax 250R is arguably the most important quad bike that was made in the 20th century. It was only in production from…
Hippie Era 1960s Vanlife: An Original Chevrolet Van Camper
This is a 1969 Chevrolet Van that was converted into a camper in-period and used by a family for an adventure up and down the…
Is This 27 Liter Rolls-Royce The Fastest Car On Earth?
This BBC short film from the 27th of February 1974 is titled “Is This 27 Liter Rolls-Royce The Fastest Car On Earth?” It tells…
For Sale: A 1969 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Project Car
This is a Series 2 Jaguar E-Type from 1969 that is now part way through a restoration. The project has stalled and as a…