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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Engine Rebuild Challenge: A McLaren MP4/2 Porsche-TAG Formula 1 Engine
This is an original McLaren MP4/2 Porsche-TAG F1 engine, it’s a member of the engine family used by the McLaren Formula 1 team during their…
For Sale: A Rare Rau Kawasaki GPZ1100 Street Legal* Racer
This is a rare Rau Kawasaki race bike from 1983. “Rau” is the surname of Manfred Rau, a German motorcycle frame designer and engineer…
The TechLiner Grid Shorty Titanium Pen by Ti2 Design
This is the TechLiner Grid Shorty Titanium Pen by Ti2 Design, it’s designed to be the last pen you ever need to buy, and it…
Triumph GT6 Project Car: “The Poor Man’s Jaguar E-Type”
This Triumph GT6 is part way through a restoration to “Roadster Special” specification, with the hardtop coupe body replaced with a new lightweight fiberglass…
The Angry Lane Rider Daypack – Limited Edition
This is the new Angry Lane Rider Daypack in the coyote color scheme, it’s limited to just 50 units and like the original Rider…
Juan Manuel Fangio’s Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Is For Sale
Juan Manuel Fangio is widely regarded as the greatest Grand Prix driver of all time, he won the F1 World Championship five times driving…
Full Film – Little Giant: The PW50 Story
Little Giant: The PW50 Story is a free feature length documentary from Brett Smith from We Went Fast. It tells the story of (arguably)…
A Rare BMW 635 CSi FIA Group A “Sharknose”
This is an FIA Group A BMW 635 CSi, this model series was built in the mid-1980s by BMW Motorsport with input from Alpina, specifically…
There’s A 1,000 BHP Dodge Hellephant Crate Engine For Sale
This is a Dodge Hellephant crate engine, it’s capable of 1,000 bhp and 950 lb ft of torque, and Dodge are so wary of…
A Cammer-Powered 616 HP Ford Mustang Mach 1 – “The Sin City Shaker”
This unusual Ford Mustang Mach 1 is fitted with a rare Ford 427 “Cammer” engine, a V8 with single overhead cams per bank allowing…
A BMW R65 Custom By Curiosity Moto
This BMW R65 was custom built by the team at Curiosity Moto, their goal was to simplify and modernize the R65 where possible, to…
The Mongolian President’s ZIL 114 Soviet Limousine Is For Sale
This is the ZIL 114 limousine used by the Mongolian President as his official state car. The limousines built by ZIL were used extensively…