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 Boeing Stearman – Fully Restored And Ready To Fly
The Boeing Stearman is one of the most famous biplanes of all time, this is largely due to the fact that almost 10,000 of…
The Original Kevlar® Motorcycle Shirt – The Axe 2 by Crave
The Axe series of Kevlar® motorcycle shirts by Crave were the first to market, the genre has grown in leaps and bounds since, but…
The eScrambler by Switch
The eSCRAMBLER is designed entirely from scratch by ex-Yamaha Japan Advanced Labs Industrial Designer and former Danish Flat Tracking champion Michel Riis. Michel comes from a speedway and motocross family
The Ka-Bar Tactical Spork Is Both Fantastic And Hilarious – $5.28 USD
This is the Ka-Bar Tactical Spork, it’s 100% made in the USA from high-density black polymer, it costs just $5.28 USD, and it will…
Full Documentary: The Flying Boats
The Flying Boats is the most comprehensive documentary we’ve ever seen on the subject of amphibious aircraft, if you’re a regular visitor to the pages…
There’s A 28 Litre, 1,100+ HP Allison V12 Aero Engine For Sale On eBay
The Allison V-1710 aircraft engine was originally intended for use in US military airships, it would later be used in a wide variety of…
A Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser With A 345 hp Corvette 5.7 Litre Ram Jet V8
This Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser was restored and upgraded by TLC, a company run by a man who’s name will be immediately recognisable to…
Fuel Greasy Selvedge Motorcycle Pants – Selvedge Denim Woven With Aramid Fibres
These are the new Fuel Greasy Selvedge Pants, they’re made by the team at Fuel Motorcycles from a highly-abrasion resistant 14 oz single-layer material…
Mercedes-Benz Ruthmann Unimog – The Greatest Race Car Hauler For Sale On Earth Right Now
This 1966 Mercedes-Benz Unimog car hauler is one of the more unusual methods you could use to get your car to the race track,…
The Nose Cose from Jim Hurtubise’s 1969 Mallard-Offenhauser Indy 500 Car
This is a nose cone from the last front-engined car to ever qualify for the Indy 500 – Jim Hurtubise’s 1969 Mallard-Offenhauser. Both Jim…
This Is The 1978 Jaguar XJS Group 44 Trans-Am Championship Winner
This is the Group 44 Jaguar XJS that won the Trans-Am Category 1 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship in the hands of Bob Tullius and…
The Merlin Chaplow Tool Roll – A Traditional Waxed Cotton & Leather Tool Roll
The Merlin Chaplow Tool Roll has a main chassis of hard-wearing Halley Stevensons 12oz Scottish waxed cotton with adjustable premium leather straps to keep…