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 Meteor 27 Litre V12 Special: 1,449 lb/ft And (Theoretically) Capable Of 204 mph
As its name suggests, the Meteor 27 Litre V12 Special you see here is powered by a Meteor V12 – that’s the non-supercharged version of…
A $5,000 Coffee Table Made From A Cosworth DFX INDY Racing Engine
This is a Cosworth DFX INDY racing engine that’s been converted into a glass-topped coffee table, and it now has the eye-watering sticker price…
A Fully-Functional Ferrari 312 F1 Replica – $9,000 USD
There can be little doubt that this car is one of the best pound-for-pound entertainment propositions that we’ve featured here on Silodrome, particularly for…
The Baak Moon – A Custom Triumph Bobber
This is the Baak Moon, it’s a comprehensively rebuilt Triumph Bobber created by the European company’s new American base of operations. As a result…
1969 Ford Torino Talladega – An 870 hp NASCAR Street-Legal Racer
This is one of just 750 or so factory-built 1969 Ford Torino Talladegas ever made. The cars were only built for a few weeks…
Display Piece: A Spice Engineering Ferrari SE87C IMSA Front End
This is the front end of the Ferrari V8-powered Spice Engineering SE87C coupe, it was raced by David Tennyson in the IMSA Camel Lights class and…
Barn Fresh: An Affordable Jensen Interceptor Project Car
The Jensen Interceptor is one of the unsung grand touring heroes of its age, with a beautiful body designed by Touring in Italy, a…
The Build-It-Yourself R3 Bluetooth Speaker – $125 USD
This is the R3 Bluetooth Speaker by Celia & Perah, it’s designed to be assembled by hand as a fun kit building process, once…
There’s An Operational Lycoming R-680 Radial Aircraft Engine For Sale On eBay
This is an original and fully operational Lycoming R-680 radial aircraft engine. It’s fitted to a display stand with all the required controls for…
A One-Off Custom BMW R 65 Custom Motorcycle
Airheads like this BMW R 65 have become a popular choice with custom motorcycle builders everywhere from Paris to Perth and just about everywhere…
For Sale: A Historically Significant Ford Capri RS2600 – 1 Of 3 Pre-Production Cars
This is believed to be one of three pre-production examples of the Ford Capri RS2600, a car that would become a legend in its…
The Mustang: A Short Film About The Ford Mustang I
The Ford Mustang is one of the most famous cars in the world, it sits alongside other luminaries like the Beetle, Mini, 911, Jeep,…