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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For Sale: An Iconic 1986 Toyota 4×4 Xtracab Pickup
This is an original Toyota 4×4 Xtracab Pickup from 1986, it’s powered by the desirable fuel-injected 22R-E engine, a single overhead cam gasoline motor with a…
Full Documentary: Come Fly With Me – The Story of Pan Am
Come Fly With Me – The Story of Pan Am is a feature length documentary about what is still the most famous airline in…
An Affordable Mid-Engined Classic: The Maserati Merak SS
The Maserati Merak SS was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1975 as the new and upgraded version of the Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed Merak, now weighing…
Restoration Project: An Original Sinclair C5 Electric Vehicle
When it was released in 1985 the Sinclair C5 was a wildly futuristic electric vehicle that had been conceived by the famous personal computer pioneer Sir…
This vs That: A Lamborghini FL3 vs A Porsche A122 Tractor – $8,200+ Each
Both Lamborghini and Porsche worked on tractor designs extensively in the years after WWII, when European farmers needed access to reliable, inexpensive machines to…
The New Tamiya Ford Escort Mk II Rally 1/10 Scale R/C Racer
This is the new Tamiya Ford Escort Mk II Rally, it’s a 1/10th scale remote control car designed to appeal to first time builders and…
The Peerless GT – An Unusual British Le Mans Racer
In 1958 before the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, an unusual new car took its position ready for the race, it…
The 2021 Rokker Urban Rebel Motorcycle Boots
These are the new-for-2021 Rokker Urban Rebel Boots, they’re designed to evoke the style and feel of classic early 20th century work boots while offering 21st…
A Rare Fuji Go Devil Folding Mini Scooter – The “Suitcase Motorcycle”
The Fuji Go Devil mini scooter was marketed as a suitcase motorcycle that you could theoretically fold up and take with you on a plane,…
The Smithsonian Motor-Works Moving Engine Model – $31 USD
This is the Smithsonian Motor-Works kit to build a moving model of a four-stroke, four-cylinder engine. It’s designed as an educational tool that people…
The Fiat Panda 4×4 – Italy’s Toughest Little Four-Wheel Drive
The Fiat Panda 4×4 is what happens when the man who designed the DeLorean DMC-12 sets out to create a cheap car that can…
An Original Bottle Of “Ford Tomato Juice” From The 1930s
This is an original bottle of Ford tomato juice, a product that many don’t associate with the American automaker, however Ford produced its own tomato…