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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Just In Time For Winter: A Rare Arova-Porsche 212 Skibob
This is possibly the only Porsche that was built with skis instead of wheels. It was designed by Ferdinand Porsche himself and licensed to…
Miss Moonshine: A Classic Mahogany Speedboat Now Available For 2024 Pre-Orders
This is Miss Moonshine, and if you didn’t know any better you’d probably bet good money that it was an original mahogany speedboat from…
Buy It For Life: The Stanley Classic Lunch Box
This is the Stanley Classic Lunch Box, it’s a design that’s been around for close to 100 years, carrying the lunch of countless millions…
For Sale: A Wide-Body 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
This 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am now benefits from a series of upgrades including a wide-body kit, a custom red leather interior, deep red…
1:10 Scale Remote Control: The Ford Bronco By Tamiya
This is the Ford Bronco as you may never have seen it before – in 1:10th scale remote control form as made by the…
A Reliant Rialto 2 GLS Three-Wheeler In The USA
This is a Reliant Rialto 2 GLS from 1983, it was the successor to the famous Reliant Robin and it shared the same three-wheel…
This Is The Porsche Design Motorcycle Helmet
This is an original Porsche Design motorcycle helmet, it’s said to have been designed by Ferdinand Porsche himself and it was put into production…
Street-Legal Racer: A Rare Holden Torana LC GTR-XU1
This is an original Holden Torana LC GTR-XU1, and if you’re not from Australia or New Zealand, you may never have seen one before….
The Who: Roger Daltrey’s Epiphone PR-5E Guitar – $1,300+ USD
This Epiphone PR-5E is an acoustic electric guitar that was owned by Roger Daltrey of The Who and used by him on the band’s tour…
The Seventy2® Survival System – A 21st Century Survival Kit
This is the Seventy2® Survival System, it’s a fully-loaded backpack that’s designed to keep you alive for a minimum of 72 hours – the…
Project Car Pandemonium: A Corvette Tahoe 4×4 – $4,250 USD
This car is a project in every sense of the word, it’s the unfinished (and possibly unholy) combination of a C3 Corvette fitted to…
An Alpha Shell “Egg Chair” Custom-Made By EMI For The Beatles
This unusual Alpha Shell “Egg Chair” is believed to have been made by EMI for the members of The Beatles. Another example can be…