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 Peerless GT – The Little-Known Car That Shocked The World With A Le Mans Class Win
The Peerless GT is a little-known British sports car that shocked the racing world in 1958 when it took a class win at…
VW Beetle Flat-Four Boxer Engine Kit – With Visible Working Internals
This VW Beetle flat-four boxer engine kit by Franzis, it’s an officially licensed 1:4 scale model of the air-cooled Volkswagen engine that was…
A Rare Ford Bronco Stroppe Baja Edition
The Ford Bronco Stroppe Baja Edition is undoubtably one of the most desirable special edition American four-wheel drives ever made – somewhere between 450…
For Sale: A Ferrari F40 Rear Decklid
There are few supercars that have attainted the status of the Ferrari F40. Many consider this Ferrari to be the greatest supercar of…
Unusual Project Car: An Original Meyers Manx SR – 1 of 200 Ever Made
The Meyers Manx SR was developed as a road-going sibling to one of the most famous kit cars of all time – the…
Vintage Racing Decals From CrashDaddy
As vintage car collecting and racing becomes more and more popular the demand for vintage motorsport decals has continued to rise. Surprisingly it’s not…
Watch The Full Film: Hot Rod – A Movie From 1950
This is the complete feature film Hot Rod from 1950, it’s a B-movie in the spirit of other classics in this genre from…
The 1915 Autoped Motorized Scooter – The World’s First Powered Production Scooter
The Autoped is widely regarded as being the first mass-produced motorized scooter, it was offered in both electric and gasoline versions, and the…
Hasegawa 1:16 Scale Model Sopwith Camel – The Legendary WWI British Fighter
This 1:16 scale Sopwith Camel model kit by Hasegawa has breathtaking detail throughout, it’s been designed to be displayed uncovered with no fabric…
Classic Racing Livery Surfboards by Racing Emotion
This series of eight surfboard by Racing Emotion carry some of the most famous motor racing paint schemes in history, including the legendary…
For Sale: A Vincent Black Lightning – The Fastest Production Motorcycle In The World In 1948
The Vincent Black Lightning was the fastest production motorcycle in the world when it was first offered to the public as a production…
Barebones Pulaski Axe – The Legendary American Firefighter’s Axe
The Barebones Pulaski Axe is a modern version of the legendary Pulaski axe which was invented by Ed Pulaski in 1911 to fight…