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: The Sbarro Super Eight – A Rare Ferrari-Based Hatchback
The 1984 Sbarro Super Eight is one of the most unusual one-off cars of the 1980s, and that’s really saying something. Despite its hatchback…
The Sound Burger: An Iconic 1980s Portable Record Player Is Back In Production
The Audio-Technica Sound Burger was first released in 1983 and it quickly became an industrial design icon, influencing many other music players of the…
A 1975 Kellison J6 Panther Project Car: $8,900 USD
This is a Kellison J6 Panther that was built in 1975. It’s an American-designed sports car that was developed by former USAF fighter pilot…
An Original Hypervan Model From “Blade Runner” Design Icon Syd Mead
This is a scale model of the Hypervan, it’s one of Syd Mead’s best-known designs and that’s really saying something, as the full catalogue…
An Affordable Roadster: The Fisher Fury Spyder
This is a Fisher Fury from 2014. On a pound-for-pound basis it’s hard to argue that these aren’t some of the best lightweight sports…
A Semi-Automatic Rubber Band Gun! The Model 1911
This is the Model 1911 Rubber Band Gun from Elastic Precision. It uses a clever loading and firing mechanism to offer semi-automatic functionality, allowing…
For Sale: The Rolls-Royce 4×4 Paris-Dakar Racer
This is almost certainly one of the most famous racing Rolls-Royces ever made, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that…
Lego Icons: The Endurance – A 3011 Piece Kit Of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Expedition Ship
This is Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition ship, the Endurance, as you’ve never seen it before – in Lego form. Far from being a small,…
1927 Bugatti Type 27 (Replica) Used By Tom Selleck In “Magnum P.I.” – $10,000+
This is the 1927 Bugatti Type 27 replica that was used by Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum P.I. Specifically,…
The New Malle Expedition Backpack
This is the Malle Expedition Backpack, it’s made for life in the field from a range of materials like expedition-ready waterproof coated canvas, bridle…
V10-Powered! A Ford E-350 Airstream B-190 Camper 4×4
This is a Ford E-350 that was given an Airstream 190 camper conversion when new. It was then later converted to 4×4, with a…
For Sale: A 2,200 BHP Pratt & Whitney R-2800 “Double Wasp” Radial Engine
This is a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 “Double Wasp” radial engine, it has a displacement of 46 liters and in full running condition it’s…