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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eBay Find! A Collection Of Kawasaki Z1R TC Turbocharged Motorcycles
This is a collection of 7 examples of the 1978 Kawasaki Z1R TC, the world’s first turbocharged production motorcycle. It also includes an additional…
The “Build Your Own Watch Movement” Kit
This is the Build Your Own Seiko NH36 movement kit from the team at Rotate Watches. It includes a fully-functional mechanical watch movement, and…
Brand New Build: Donut Garage’s V-Rod Cafe Racer
This is the new V-Rod Cafe Racer – it was developed and built over a period of months to look like an actual in-house…
A Sinclair C5: Still In The Factory Box From 1985!
This is a Sinclair C5 that remains in its original box, with the sealing straps still in place from the Merthyr Tydfil factory in…
For Sale: A Toyota Century V12-Powered Land Cruiser
This is a 1987 Toyota Land Cruiser 60 series that’s been fitted with a 5.0 liter V12 engine from a Toyota Century. It’s now…
There’s An M2 Bradley “Turret Simulator” For Sale
This is a turret simulator that was used to train US Army crews on the finer points of operating the pointy end of the…
A DeLorean-Inspired “Back to the Future” Electric Motorcycle
This is a bespoke DAB 1α electric motorcycle built as an homage to one of the most famous cars in cinema history – Doc…
Project Vehicle: A Swedish Stridsvagn 74 Light Tank
This is a Stridsvagn 74 Light Tank, it’s a military vehicle built by AB Landsverk in Landskrona, Sweden in the late 1940s as the…
For Sale: An Original Star Trek Klingon Disruptor Pistol
This is a Klingon Disruptor pistol prop that was used in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and…
For Sale: A 1990 Consulier GTP – “The Forgotten American Supercar”
This is a 1990 Consulier GTP, it’s a handbuilt American supercar that was once the toast of the town, but which is now largely…
There’s A 1903 “Wright Flyer” Wing Fabric Segment For Sale
This is a small fabric segment from the wing of the 1903 Wright Flyer – the first manned heavier-than-air powered aircraft to achieve sustained…
For Sale: Burt Reynolds’ Personal 1978 Pontiac Trans Am
This is a modified 1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that was personally owned by Burt Reynolds, the man who made the Trans Am a…