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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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…
Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen – Erwin Komenda’s Amphibious 4×4
The Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen was one of the most remarkable vehicles developed during WW2. It was an amphibious 4×4 designed by the same…
The New Spidi Rainwarrior H2Out Motorcycle Gloves
These are the new Spidi Rainwarrior H2Out motorcycle gloves, they were designed to offer a premium 3 to 4 season glove for riders who…
The Beautiful Toyota 2000GT – The First Million Dollar Japanese Sports Car
The Toyota 2000GT is one of the most important Japanese cars of all time, it’s now the most valuable vintage Japanese production car…
For Sale: Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2004 Engine Cover (Est. $1,500 and $2,500 USD)
This is an engine cover from the Ferrari F2004 Formula 1 car that was driven by multiple World Champion Michael Schumacher in the 2004…
The Car Of The Future (From 1977) – The Six-Wheeled Panther 6
In 1977 when the Panther 6 was unveiled to the general public for the first time at London’s 1977 Motorfair show at Earls Court it…
Rebuilt For A Race Car Project: There’s A Packard Straight 8 Engine For Sale On eBay
This engine is a 1948 Packard Straight 8, it’s an L-head inline 8-cylinder engine, it has a capacity of 327 cu. in (5.35 litres), and…
The Biltwell EXFIL-60 Bag – Motorcycle Utility Bag
This is the new Biltwell EXFIL-60 Bag, it’s a motorcycle utility bag designed to be used either as a daily pack or as a…
The Kettenkrad – NSU Sd. Kfz. 2 – Half Motorcycle, Half Tank, And Capable Of 50 MPH
When people see the Kettenkrad, officially called the NSU Sd. Kfz. 2, for the first time they usually all have the same question. Is the…
The Timex x Todd Snyder Welton – A New Take On A Classic American Design – $158 USD
The Welton by Timex x Todd Snyder is a new take on the iconic American mid-century watch, it keeps the spirit of the original…
Project Car: Would You Take On This 1975 BMW E12 525 For ~€800?
This 1975 BMW E12 525 has been sitting unused and under cover for a few years, it’s part of a large collection of cars…
Ettore Bugatti’s Pasta Machine – He Designed Himself And Gave It A Bugatti Steering Wheel As A Crank
This is Ettore Bugatti’s pasta machine, he designed it himself after his previous pasta maker broke and the anticipated wait time for a replacement…