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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1930s Morris Educational Film: Constructing A Car Engine
This film dates from the 1930s, it was made by the Morris Motors Cine Dept. at Cowley to showcase their advanced (by the standards of…
Automobile, Motorcycle, Airplane, and Bicycle Stunts From 1918
This remarkable film shows a collection of stunts being performed by daredevils, all taking place over 100 years ago in the United States on…
The Only One Ever Made: Rolls-Royce Phantom II Special Brougham By Brewster
The Rolls-Royce you see here is a one-off build that was tailor made for American architect C. Mathews Dick in the early 1930s by…
For Sale: An Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI – A 490 BHP 1990s Touring Car Icon
The Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI quickly became a legend in European touring car racing circles in the 1990s – various examples of the…
OMP Carrera Driving Shoes – FIA 8856-2018 Homologated
These are the new-for-2021 OMP Carrera driving shoes, they’re a race-ready boot that’ll be popular with the kind of folks who compete at vintage…
Vintage Vanlife – A Restored Ford Thames 400E Dormobile Campervan
The Ford Thames 400E was released in 1957 to compete with similar vans built by the likes of Volkswagen, Bedford, Austin, and Morris. The…
The McQueen Moto Boots by Umberto Luce
These are the McQueen Moto boots by the team at Umberto Luce, they were designed to look like boots that might have been worn…
A Porsche 911 Reimagined By Singer – The Brooklyn Commission
Singer Vehicle Design have been creating what are arguably the world’s greatest modified Porsche 911s since 2009. Best known simply as “Singer” the company…
Vincent Black Knight Bodywork – Need A New Sculpture For Your Living Room?
This is an original set of Vincent Black Knight bodywork from 1955, it was originally fitted to a Vincent Rapide making it fully-enclosed version…
Project Bike: 1964 Triumph T100SS “Norman Hyde” Cafe Racer – £2,000 To £4,000
This unusual Triumph T100SS “Norman Hyde” cafe racer has all the hallmarks of a period-built custom motorcycle designed for (oftentimes illegal) road racing in…
The Extraordinary Automotive Art Of Avakov Ilya
This is the art of Avakov Ilya, a Red Dot award winning industrial designer who graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Art Industrial Academy…
A Tastefully Executed Chevrolet Corvette C1 “Fuelie” Restomod
The world of restomods (restorations that include modern performance upgrades) is often blighted by controversial decision making that isn’t to everyone’s taste. Things like…