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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An NSU Ro80: The Rare Wankel Rotary-Powered Sedan That Killed Its Maker
The NSU Ro80 is an advanced passenger sedan released in the 1960s that would ultimately kill the company that developed it and result in…
David Beckham’s Motovespa “England Scooter” Is For Sale
This is David Beckham’s “England Scooter,” it featured heavily in advertising in the lead up to the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship in Lisbon….
For Sale: DeLorean DMC-12 5-Speed – With The “Stage II” Engine Upgrade
This is a 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 fitted with the desirable Stage II performance kit to boost power output. The original DeLorean was famously low on…
The Commander – A 3-In-1 Fire Tool From Pit Command
This is the Commander, it was designed to be an all-in-one tool for fireplace and fire pit management – it includes an axe head, a…
This Is Steve McQueen’s Husqvarna 400 Cross – The Sports Illustrated Cover Bike
This is arguably the most famous of the Husqvarnas owned by Steve McQueen, it’s the bike that he was riding on the now legendary…
Italian Barn Find: An Fully-Functional, Amateur-Built Ferrari F92A F1 Car
Although this may look like a Ferrari F92A Formula 1 car it’s actually a fully-functional copy that was built by an Italian enthusiast named…
The East German Trabant 601 – “The Worst Car Ever Made”
This is a Trabant 601, by far the most prolific of the 3.7 million Trabants ever made. Known as the “Trabbi” in its native…
Garrett Turbocharger Wall Lamp: $108 USD
This is the Garrett Turbocharger Wall Lamp by Berkay Erdoğan of Auto Decoration. As the name suggests, it’s a wall lamp made from a…
A Project Car For The Ambitious: 1963 AC Ace 2.6 Roadster
This is all that remains of 1963 AC Ace 2.6 chassis #RS5032, it’s now being offered for sale as a restoration project, albeit an…
A Rare 1967 Aermacchi Harley-Davidson Sprint CRS Scrambler
This is a rare and recently restored Aermacchi Harley-Davidson Sprint CRS, the result of an alliance between Harley-Davidson and Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aermacchi in the 1960s….
For Sale: Jerry Seinfeld’s 1964 Volkswagen Type 2 EZ Camper
Actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld is well-known for his love of Porsches, but his passion for air-cooled motoring extends further than that – he’s…
Full Documentary: The History Of Land Rover
This documentary tells the story of the humble Land Rover, from its origins immediately after WWII as a four-wheel drive farm tractor replacement right…