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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Abby Bowers – The Woman Behind Grease + Grain
This post is part of a new series on Silodrome where we find interesting people from the automotive world and ask them to tell…
The Bowler CSP V8 Prototype “P2” – Powered By A 542 bhp 5.0 Litre Jaguar V8
This is an original Bowler prototype built using the firm’s all-aluminum Cross Sector Platform (CSP) chassis, you can see the chassis itself in the image…
The Simpson Mod Bandit Helmet – The Best Of Both Worlds
The Simpson Mod Bandit helmet was developed to offer the popular design of the Ghost Bandit helmet with the added practical benefits of…
The Rare Aston Martin V8 Volante Zagato – Just 37 Were Ever Made
The Aston Martin V8 Volante Zagato was the droptop version of the famous Aston Martin V8 Zagato, a coupe that had been introduced as…
Documentary: Rise Like The Phoenix – The Recovery Of Six P-51 Mustangs From A Nuclear Test Site
Rise Like The Phoenix is a fascinating 1990s-era documentary about a mission to recover six P-51 Mustang fighter planes from a nuclear test site in the Australian desert called Emu Field.
1961 Mercedes-Benz O321H Camper Bus – Vintage Vanlife Royalty
This is a surprisingly well-preserved 1961 Mercedes-Benz O321H bus that was previously owned by the Swiss hockey team EHC Biel in the 1960s and…
Limited100 Automotive Prints – 100% Made In Britain
Limited100 was founded in 2020 by Simon Wright with a single purpose in mind, to create an entirely unique series of automotive prints that…
The Brütsch Rollera Microcar – A Rare Little Speed Demon Allegedly Capable Of 105 KM/H
Believe it or not, the Brütsch Rollera microcar was the large choice in its model family, it was based on the smaller Brütsch Mopetta. Both…
The Extraordinary Art of Manu Campa
Over the past 10 years Manu Campa has risen to prominence as one of the world’s foremost automotive artists. He’s based in Malasaña, Madrid…
The Rare MG Metro 6R4 – Britain’s Hairy-Chested Group B Challenger
The MG Metro 6R4 is one of the unsung hairy-chested heroes of the legendary Group B rally era. It was co-developed by the…
Bushcraft Survival Ferro Rod + Fire Starting Rope Survival Kit – $17.95 USD
This fire starting kit from Bushcraft Survival contains a ferro rod and a fire starting rope that’ll allow you to get a fire going…
A Modified Mercedes-Benz Unimog 416 – The German Bigfoot
The Unimog 416 was a direct descendant of the first post-WWII Unimogs which had been developed as a vehicle that could be used as…