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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Rare Rotomaster Turbocharged Prototype For Sale: The 1977 Bristol 603 Brigand
This is the original factory prototype of the car that would be named the Bristol 603 Brigand on its release. The Brigand was powered…
Looking For The Real Weasel: Train Robber, Racer, Rogue – Who Was Roy James?
Looking For The Real Weasel is a new book from author Rich Duisberg, it delves into the life and times of one of the…
For Sale: A 1982 Jeep J10 Laredo Pickup 360 4×4
This is a 1982 Jeep J10 Laredo pickup that benefits from significant recent refurbishment work, including a full repaint in black, new silver decals,…
Porsche Coffee Table Containing 45 Scale Model Cars
This Porsche coffee table was designed as a showcase for a collection of 45 1:43 scale Porsche road and race cars dating from the…
Project Motorcycle: A 1974 BMW R90S In Boxes
This is a 1974 BMW R90S, or at least it was before it was fully disassembled. The planned restoration stalled, and the bike is…
For Sale: A 27 Liter Rolls-Royce Merlin V12
This is a 1949 Rolls-Royce Merlin that was most likely built for use in either the TCA Canadair North Star or the BOAC Argonaut,…
For Sale: A Classic 1952 Airfloat Navigator Travel Trailer
This is a refurbished 1952 Airfloat Navigator travel trailer, it’s one of the rarer vintage trailers we’ve featured and was a period competitor to…
The Polar Skin-Diver OS Watch By Marin Instruments
This is the Marin Instruments Polar Skin-Diver OS watch, it’s a Swiss-made dive watch with a 26 jewel automatic movement, a sapphire crystal, and…
Turbocharged American Flat-Six! A 1962 Devin C Roadster
This is one of three Devin C roadster prototypes that were built and it’s powered by a turbocharged flat-six sourced not from a Porsche…
General Motors Cutaway Display Engine: A Buick 3800 V6 “Fireball”
This is a Buick 3800 V6 “Fireball” that has had some sections cut away and painted to highlight various internal functions. It sits on…
Rare Australian Muscle Car: The Ford XC Fairmont GS Hardtop
This is a Ford XC Fairmont GS Hardtop, it remains largely unknown to the world, well unknown to the world outside of Australia that…
The Frontier Portable Camping Stove
This is the Frontier Portable Stove, it was developed by the team at Anevay Stoves and became an overnight success, selling in huge numbers…