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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Iron & Resin x New Legend 4×4 Mechanic Jacket – $190 USD
This is the new Iron & Resin x New Legend 4×4 Mechanic Jacket, it was designed as a hard-wearing top layer that’ll handle whatever…
A Porsche 356 Outlaw Powered By A Radial Engine
This is the new three-cylinder radial engine from Australian company Radial Motion. The engineers behind it originally began the project back in 2017 specifically…
Hawker Typhoon XP-W London Dry Gin – Help Return A Hawker Typhoon To The Air
This is one of the spirits on offer from Aviation Heritage Spirits in Britain, it’s a gin is being sold to support the Hawker Typhoon…
The Isuzu 117 – One Of The First Japanese Production Cars Designed By An Italian
The Isuzu 117 was one of the first Japanese cars to have a body entirely designed by an Italian stylist – the great Giorgetto…
A Supercharged Brough Superior SS100 Special By Ewan Cameron
The remarkable supercharged Brough Superior SS100 Special you see here was painstakingly built by world-renowned Brough expert Ewan Cameron as an homage to Noel…
Ever Seen One Before? A Rare Ogle SX1000 Competition Coupe
This is a rare Ogle SX1000 competition coupe, just 69 examples of the SX1000 are believed to have been built before the company founder David…
There’s An Alfa Romeo V10 “V1035” Formula 1 Engine For Sale
It’s not every day you get the chance to buy yourself a functional Formula 1 engine, and the chance to buy an Alfa Romeo…
The Wiesmann Roadster MF3 – A BMW M3 In Disguise
This is the Wiesmann Roadster MF3 and if you’ve never seen one before don’t worry, you’re not alone. The small number of cars built…
The Story of the Suzuki GT750 | The Civilized Superbike
This film from the team at Brightside Media tells the story of the Suzuki GT750, known as the “Le Mans” in the USA, it’s…
A Chevrolet Corvette Greenwood IMSA GT Raced By Lyn St. James
This 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Greenwood IMSA GT was originally built to compete in B-Production SCCA competition by John Carusso and Emory Donaldson. It was…
Triumph “Warbird” Sprinter – The Red Baron
This unusual Triumph-based drag bike was built by the Baron family, who became well known for building car-engined sprint and drag bikes. We know…
The Unusual Land Rover Lightweight Series 3
The Land Rover Lightweight 1/2 Ton, also known as the Airportable, was a special version of the Series 2A and subsequently the Series 3…