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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Triumph Ignition Coil LS Tee
This is the new Triumph Ignition Coil tee, it’s made from heavyweight 230g cotton making it ideal as either a top layer or as…
Jay Kay’s BMW 3.0 CSL Is For Sale
The BMW 3.0 CSL is one of the most important cars in the German automaker’s long history, this one is perhaps a little more…
A Drivable 70% Scale Porsche 917 Go Kart – $20,500 to $27,400 USD
This is a 100% functional and drivable Porsche 917 at 70% scale. It’s designed to accommodate both adults and kids, which is why it…
Ferves Ranger – The Cutest Off-Roader Ever Designed
This is the Ferves Ranger, and there can be little doubt that it’s the cutest little off-roader ever built. It was designed by Carlo…
For Sale: A Rare LeBlond Ken Royce Radial Aircraft Engine
This is a rare original Model 90-5F LeBlond radial aircraft engine from Ken Royce, it’s capable of 90 hp in operating condition, and it…
The Isdera Imperator 108i – A Rare Supercar That Almost Never Existed
The Isdera Imperator 108i was a supercar born from the stubborn refusal of its designer to let it die as “just” a concept car…
Jerry Can Bar Cabinet By Danish Fuel
This is the new Jerry Can Bar Cabinet By Danish Fuel, each one is made using a real ex-military Jerry can from Europe that…
BSA Gold Star Flat Tracker – Ridden By Jim Rice From “On Any Sunday”
The race-winning BSA Goldstar you see here was ridden by Jim Rice, a Hall of Famer and a memorable star of the iconic film…
Watch The 1969 East African Safari Rally
The East African Safari Rally was run from 1953 until 2019 under a variety of names, interestingly for the first 19 years of the…
For Sale: Porsche 911 Safari Rally Car – An East African Safari Winner
There are very few cars we can all agree on, and I think this is probably one of them. It’s a 1975 Porsche 911…
Alfa Romeo Matta AR51 – The Rare Mille Miglia Class-Winning Italian 4×4
Alfa Romeo Matta AR51 was Italy’s answer to both the American Jeep and the British Land Rover, though truth be told it was more…
Restore Or Preserve? A 1965 Volkswagen Splitscreen Panel Van
There are few vehicles as universally loved as the VW Type 2, the air-cooled van has a number of different names depending on region…