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 Factory-Built Supercharged Triumph Thruxton R – 162 WHP

This Triumph Thruxton R is one of just three that were fitted with a Rotrex supercharger by the factory – the other two remain in the…
The Gaupe Scandinavian Carving Knife By Helle Knives

This is the Gaupe Scandinavian Carving Knife, it was designed by the Norwegian team over at Helle Knives as a tough multi-use knife that’ll last…
Carroll Shelby’s Personal Shelby GT500 Is For Sale

This Shelby GT500 belonged to the man responsible for its creation, race car driver turned high-performance automobile manufacturer Carroll Shelby. Interestingly, Shelby wouldn’t be…
The World’s First Interplanetary Watch – The Omega Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer

This is the Omega Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer, it was co-developed by Omega and the European Space Agency (ESA) specifically to be suitable for use on…
A Rare 6×6 “Lunar Jeep” – The Poncin VP2000

This is a Poncin VP2000, it’s a rare 6×6 amphibious vehicle developed in France in the 1970s. For obvious reasons it was nicknamed the…
The Muzen Wild Mini Rugged Outdoor Speaker

This is the Muzen Wild Mini, it’s a rugged outdoor speaker that is completely waterproof, it fits in the palm of your hand, charges…
An Affordable Mid-Engined Gullwing Sports Car: The Autozam AZ-1

The Autozam AZ-1 is a car that even many die hard car guys have never heard of, largely because it was only ever offered in…
For Sale: A Crashed Ferrari F50 Front End

This is the front end bodywork from a Ferrari F50 that has obviously suffered a collision and it’s now being offered for sale either…
For Sale: A 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 “Time Machine”

This DeLorean DMC-12 has been carefully modified into a Back to the Future-style time machine, including the addition of a Mr Fusion, a flux capacitor,…
For Sale: Blak Douglas’ Rare Ford Falcon XY 4X4 Ute

This is a rare Ford Falcon XY 4×4 Ute – if you’ve never seen one before that’s entirely understandable, just 432 of them were…
Walter Wolf’s Ferrari 288 GTO Is For Sale

Every example of the Ferrari 288 GTO is special, but this one is perhaps a little more special than most due to the fact…
The Gearbox MKII Transparent Turntable – $545 USD

This is the Gearbox MKII Transparent Turntable, it was inspired by the minimalist Braun PC 3 SV record player created by industrial design legend…