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 Batcycle + Robin’s Go-Kart For Sale – An Adam West Era Classic
The Batcycle from the original 1960s-era Batman TV series starring Adam West was almost certainly one of the least powerful “Bat” vehicles ever made…
Rare Antique: A Hauenstein Beer Cast Iron Pretzel Bottle Opener
This is an original cast iron Hauenstein Beer pretzel bottle opener from the 1930s. These were likely created for promotional purposes, they measure in…
The Jensen-Healey – A Rare 5 Time SCCA “D Production” Championship Winner
The Jensen-Healey is a classic car with dueling reputations, on the one hand it proved highly successful in motorsport as one of very few…
The New Blitz Stormproof Duffle Bag x Backpack
This is the new Blitz Stormproof Duffle Bag, it’s the latest creation from Fred and Hugo at Blitz Motorcycles, a duo that have been…
For Sale: Rowan Atkinson’s (AKA Mr Bean’s) Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato Race Car
This is believed to be both the fastest and most powerful example of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato in the world. This is…
The New Fender® X MoFi® PrecisionDeck Turntable
This is the new Fender® X MoFi® PrecisionDeck Turntable, as the lengthy name suggests it’s a collaborative design between iconic American guitar makers fender…
The Ner-A-Car – This Was The Weirdest Motorcycle Of The 1920s
The Ner-A-Car, or Neracar as it was known in England, still holds the record as the most prolifically produced motorcycle with hub center steering…
Hues Of Brews – Artistic Poster Prints Of Beer
This article was written by Jared Schoenemann, a long time friend of Silodrome and the founder of the new “Hues Of Brews.” When possible…
The Peel P50 – The World’s Smallest Production Car
The Peel P50 was originally released in 1962 and sold until 1965, but it was put back into production in 2011 and it’s been…
The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth – A British Hatchback That Dominated Touring Car Racing
The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth was developed to get Ford back to its winning ways in Europe, with long time engineering partners Cosworth doing much of the heavy lifting….
A Jaguar V12 Engine Block Coffee Table
This glass-topped coffee table was built using a cast aluminum alloy Jaguar V12 engine block as its base, and it measures in at 100 cm x 60…
For Sale: A Unique Aston Martin DB2/4 Carrera Panamericana Race Car
This Aston Martin DB2/4 has been modified to compete in vintage motorsport, specifically the famous 2,000 mile Carrera Panamericana, it also set a new DB2…