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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Gerber Key Note: The 1 Inch Pocket Knife
This is the Gerber Key Note and it’s almost certainly the shortest pocket knife currently in production, with a blade length of just 1…
Paris-Dakar Rally Specification: Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 5.0
The Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 5.0 may not seem like the first vehicle you would choose for endurance racing, but back in the late 1970s…
A ~600 BHP Chevrolet LS V8 Crate Motor From The Hot Rod Company
This is a handbuilt Chevrolet LS V8 from The Hot Rod Company, it’s rated at between 560 and 600 bhp, it comes with a…
A Rare American Giant Killer From 1959: The Corvair-Powered Devin C
This is an original factory-built Devin C built by Bill Devin and his team in 1959. The cars developed by Devin deserve to be…
The Ka-Bar “Space-Bar” – United States Space Force Fighting Knife
On April Fools Day of 2019 the American knife maker Ka-Bar made a comical post on their social media channels about a new model…
A Handbuilt Yamaha Trackmaster TZ750 Dirt Tracker With 120+HP
This Yamaha Trackmaster TZ750 dirt tracker was built by AMA Hall of Fame Member Gary Davis, a former professional motorcycle jumper, veteran Hollywood stuntman,…
British Army Training Film: Land Rover – Safe Driving Techniques
This is a 31 minute instructional film created by Land Rover UK for the British Ministry of Defense to teach new recruits how to…
1 Of 29 Ever Made: A Rare Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing
When it was introduced in February of 1954 at the International Motor Sports Show in New York the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing sent shockwaves…
For Sale: A Douglas AD Skyraider Attack Aircraft
The Douglas Skyraider was designed during WWII and would prove so useful it remained in active service well into the 1980s, it was developed to…
Off-Grid Adventure Vehicle: A Ford E350 4×4 Camper Van With 440+ HP
This is a 2003 Ford E350 4×4 that has been converted into one of the most off-road capable camper vans we’ve featured in recent…
Sydney Pollack’s Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider Is For Sale
This 1971 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider has a fascinating history – it belonged to Sydney Pollack for a number of years in the 1970s,…
Handbuilt In Texas: The Simpson Design Swift Roadster
This is the Simpson Design Swift Roadster, it’s a classically-styled sports car with a 0-60 mph time of under 4.0 seconds, it rides on…