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 Bowler Wildcat: A Street-Legal Off-Road Racer
The Bowler Wildcat looks like what might happen if you injected a standard Land Rover Defender with six pints of horse steroids and left…
Free Live Stream: The 2021 Goodwood Revival
The Goodwood Revival is one of the most important vintage motorsport events in the world, if not the most important outright. Held annually at…
The “Ferrari Of The East” – A Rare Melkus RS 1000 From East Germany
Known locally as the “Ferrari Of The East,” the Melkus RS 1000 is a sports car that was made behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet…
The Hodaka Ace 100 – A Revolutionary 1960s-Era Japanese/American Dirt Bike
This is an original 1968 Hodaka Ace 100, an excellent example of the influential motorcycles made by the unusual American/Japanese company back in the 1960s…
A Jet Age Citroën H Van By Barou: One Of A Kind Vintage Camper
This is a Citroën H Van as you’ve probably never seen it before, with a custom made coachbuilt body by French company Barou. It was…
The Danner x James Bond 007 Tanicus Boots From “No Time To Die”
These are the new 007 Tanicus Boots From “No Time To Die,” that new Bond film that was originally meant to be released in…
The “Italian E-Type” – A Jaguar E-Type By Frua And Italsuisse
The car you see here is the only E-Type Jaguar that had its design reworked by Frua and Italsuisse. The reason both coachbuilders took…
For Sale: A Lamborghini Miura Front Clamshell
This is the front clamshell from a Lamborghini Miura, it was removed by the car’s owner and replaced with a new nose, then placed…
The Extremely Rare Jensen FF – The World’s First All-Wheel Drive Production Car
When the Jensen FF was released in 1966 it made the motoring world sit up and pay attention. The FF was the first production…
The Wolverine 1000 Mile Cap-Toe Classic Boot – 100% American Made
Impressively, Wolverine 1000 Mile Boots have been made in the United States for over 100 years – the boot was first introduced in the…
1 Of 6 Prototypes Made: The Peugeot 505 Pick-Up Double Cabine Gruau
This is one of just six Peugeot 505 Pick-Up Double Cabine Gruau prototypes that were made, it was a vehicle designed to combine the best…
A Jacobs 12.4 Liter 7-Cylinder Radial Engine Coffee Table
This Jacobs radial engine coffee table is the work of Dan Solheim, an aircraft technician and engineer who founded Creations From The Sol in…