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 1977 Sparco Rally T-Shirt
The Sparco Rally t-shirt celebrates the year the company was founded, 1977, with a suitably ’70s era retro design on a simple plain tee….
An Ex-German Bundeswehr Military Mercedes-Benz Unimog 404
The Unimog 404 was the second major iteration of the legendary German off-roader named by taking the letters from three words – UNIversal MOtor…
SKRAM – Protective Motorcycle Eyewear For The 21st Century
SKRAM Motorcycle Eyewear is a brand new offering that’s been in active development with a team of avid motorcyclists for over two years. The…
Documentary: The Reliant Robin Rides Again
The Reliant Robin is one of the most famous little cars in Britain, the three-wheeler became a global celebrity after multiple appearances as Mr…
The Perfect Road-Trip Guitar? The Ultra-Light Acoustic Travel Guitar – $330 USD
The Ultra-Light Acoustic Travel Guitar was developed by the team at Traveler Guitar as a compact instrument that can be carried on a motorcycle,…
The Kircher Special – An American-Designed Mercedes 300SL-Powered Roadster
The story behind the Kircher Special is both remarkable and familiar, the car was developed and built in the 1950s by an American two-man team…
The Ferves Ranger – A Mighty Little Italian Off-Roader Designed By Carlo Ferrari
The Ferves Ranger is a fascinating little Italian microcar associated with the Ferrari name that has great light-off-road ability for farm or vineyard use,…
Uruguayan Garage Find – An $85,000 USD 1914 Indian 8-Valve Board Track Racer
The Indian 8-Valve board track racer was one of the first factory built superbikes, it was released in 1911 with an advanced-for-the-era V-twin featuring…
The Alpha One GTO Driven By Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky Is For Sale
The Alpha One GTO is one of the better-known Ferrari 250 GTO replicas, they were based on the Datsun Z-car platform, typically the 240Z…
Auto Design Prints – 100% Cotton T-Shirts – Porsche 911, Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari F40
This new series of t-shirts from the team at Auto Design Prints were designed to celebrate three of the most important cars of the…
The One Of A Kind 1933 Chevrolet Custom Car by Alex Tremulis
This highly unusual 1933 Chevrolet custom car is thought to be the first complete car built to a design by Alex Tremulis, the legendary…
Short Film: John Anthony Reviews The BMW 2002 In 1973
This short film clip from the former British motoring television show “Drive In” was only very recently uploaded by Thames TV. It offers a…