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 New Red Eleven T-Shirt by Cure Collection – 20% Of Proceeds To Breast Cancer Research
This is the new Red Eleven T-Shirt by Cure Collection, 20% of the proceeds from its sale will go directly to The Breast Cancer…
Documentary: Fearless Flying – The Ercoupe Story
The Ercoupe was a revolutionary aircraft that was first flown in 1937. It featured a pioneering design with tricycle landing gear, twin rudders positioned…
For Sale: A 16.7 Litre Guiberson Radial Diesel T-1020 Tank Engine
The Guiberson 1020 series is a radial diesel engine design that was used in both aircraft and tanks in the 1940s, it was a…
Build A Chopper In Your Garage – The Safari 400 Kit Helicopter
The Safari 400 is a kit built helicopter that many owners build in their garage or shed over approximately 500 hours using only hand…
The Maestro Tool Roll by Shanghai Customs
This is the new Maestro Tool Roll by Shanghai Customs, it comes fully equipped with a set of chrome vanadium double ended spanners, a…
The New CCM Spitfire Six – Just 300 Will Be Made
This is the new CCM Spitfire Six, it’s the newest offering from British motorcycle maker CCM, short for Clews Competition Motorcycles, and just 300…
The New Fuel El Paso Duster Jacket
This is the new El Paso Duster Jacket by Fuel Motorcycles, it comes in both long and short versions, and it’s designed to be…
The Tamiya Honda City Turbo R/C – A Remote Control Wheelie Monster
This is the Tamiya Honda City Turbo R/C, it was originally released all the way back in 1983 as “Willy”s Wheeler” to celebrate the…
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Owner’s Workshop Manual
This is the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Owner’s Workshop Manual by Haynes, it’s an essential reference book for any SR-71 owner and it makes a…
The Zundapp K800 – One Of Germany’s Most Beautiful Motorcycles
The Zundapp K800 was one of the most advanced motorcycles of its age, it’s powered by a flat-4 unit construction engine with a 4-speed…
The Rotate North Atlantic Automatic Dive Watch – $346 USD
When the team at Rotate North decided to make a watch they chose to start with one of the most resilient types possible –…
A Rare Lotus 7A Series 1 – Colin Chapman’s Purest Road Car
No article about the Lotus 7 can be written without mentioning the clever way in which Colin Chapman and his team at Lotus got…