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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For Sale: A 1984 Honda ATC Big Red + Matching Trailer
This is a 5-speed Honda ATC Big Red three-wheeler that comes with a matching trailer, as well as front and rear cargo racks. Both…
The 1970 Plymouth Duster: It Was Almost Called The “Tasmanian Devil”
The Plymouth Duster made its debut for the 1970 model year as an affordable V8 performance coupe designed to compete with the likes of…
A Volkswagen Beetle Fender Mini Bike!
This is a Fusconeta Custom Mini Bike, it’s a brand new 2024 build based around a fiberglass Volkswagen Beetle front fender. One of the…
The Revolutionary BMW K100RS “Hossack” – Developed By A McLaren Formula 1 Engineer
This is a rare surviving example of the BMW K100RS “Hossack” from 1988 with a state-of-the-art front suspension system developed and patented by Scottish…
For Sale: A Rare 616 BHP Ford 427 SOHC “Cammer” V8
This is a rare 1966 Ford 427 SOHC “Cammer” V8, an advanced engine developed by Ford in the 1960s with single overhead cams per…
For Sale: The Sbarro Super Eight – A Rare Ferrari-Based Hatchback
The 1984 Sbarro Super Eight is one of the most unusual one-off cars of the 1980s, and that’s really saying something. Despite its hatchback…
The Sound Burger: An Iconic 1980s Portable Record Player Is Back In Production
The Audio-Technica Sound Burger was first released in 1983 and it quickly became an industrial design icon, influencing many other music players of the…
A 1975 Kellison J6 Panther Project Car: $8,900 USD
This is a Kellison J6 Panther that was built in 1975. It’s an American-designed sports car that was developed by former USAF fighter pilot…
An Original Hypervan Model From “Blade Runner” Design Icon Syd Mead
This is a scale model of the Hypervan, it’s one of Syd Mead’s best-known designs and that’s really saying something, as the full catalogue…
An Affordable Roadster: The Fisher Fury Spyder
This is a Fisher Fury from 2014. On a pound-for-pound basis it’s hard to argue that these aren’t some of the best lightweight sports…
A Semi-Automatic Rubber Band Gun! The Model 1911
This is the Model 1911 Rubber Band Gun from Elastic Precision. It uses a clever loading and firing mechanism to offer semi-automatic functionality, allowing…
For Sale: The Rolls-Royce 4×4 Paris-Dakar Racer
This is almost certainly one of the most famous racing Rolls-Royces ever made, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that…