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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The Unimatic UC4 – A Classic Italian-Made Automatic Military Watch: $575 USD
The Unimatic UC4 is part of the Italian company’s new permanent series of designs, it’s a classic military watch with a minimalist black dial that…
There’s An “Affordable” Supersonic MiG-21 Project Plane For Sale
The supersonic MiG-21 is remembered today as one of the most successful fighter jets of all time, amazingly the aircraft is still in service…
Nextube: A 21st Century Take On The Nixie Tube Clock
This is the Nextube, it’s been designed to look like a classic mid-20th century nixie tube clock, however it uses small IPS screens rather…
For Sale: The 1957 Chevrolet Corvette Super Sport Concept Car
This is the only example of the 1957 Chevrolet Corvette Super Sport that would ever be built. It was created as a fully-functioning show…
The Wavian Fuel Can — The Original Steel “Jerry Can” Used By NATO
The Wavian Fuel Can has been built and supplied to many NATO countries for military use for well over 75 years. They’re leak-proof steel…
The 1440 HP Lamborghini V12-Powered “CUV Miura” – 1984 UIM World Championship-Winner
This vessel was built by Italian boatbuilders Cantieri Uniti Viareggio (CUV) to win the 1984 UIM World Championships, a feat it achieved, giving CUV…
The Bike That Helped Save HD From The Great Depression: The Harley-Davidson Model D
In 1929 Harley-Davidson released the 45 cubic inch Model D as an answer to the wildly successful Indian Scout 101. These were considered middle…
Build Your Own Formula 1 Car: A Prost Formula 1 Chassis, Engine, Gearbox, and Spares
This collection of parts from the Prost Grand Prix Team includes an original Peugeot A18 3.0 V10 engine and matching gearbox, a Prost Formula…
The New “Open Faces Win Races” T-Shirt by We Went Fast
This is the new Open Faces Win Races t-shirt from the team at We Went Fast, a website dedicated to telling the stories of…
A Rare Kurtis 500 S Roadster Special – The “Two-Seat Indy Car”
This is a 1954 Kurtis 500 S Roadster, essentially a road-legal race car built by the legendary Frank Kurtis and his team at Kurtis…
1970s Datsun Driver Improvement Film: How To Squeeze More Miles From Your Car
How To Squeeze More Miles From Your Car is a film created for Datsun in 1976 to help teach American drivers how to keep…
Found In A Barn: The (Almost) Forgotten Ascari FGT Prototype
Despite its modern looks the Ascari FGT prototype was designed and built in 1992 by legendary British supercar designer Lee Noble. The rights to…