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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Watch The Historic Racing Film “Carroll Shelby Goes Racing With Ford”
This film was made in the mid-1960s just as the reputation of Carroll Shelby as a race car manufacturer was beginning to take off….
There’s A Fleet Of Ex-Royal Australian Air Force Pilatus PC-9/A Aircraft For Sale – The Starting Bid Is $1
As of December 2019 the Royal Australian Air Force has retired its fleet of Pilatus PC-9/A aircraft in order to replace them with the…
Yamaha XSR700 TT Custom by Capêlos Garage and Elemental Rides
This article was written by Nuno Capêlo and Ricardo Santos of Capêlos Garage and Elemental Rides. When possible we like to bring you the…
The Tamiya Subaru BRAT Is The Only R/C Car That Matters Right Now
This is the Tamiya Subaru BRAT R/C car, it’s a significantly updated and improved re-release of the original Tamiya BRAT from 1983 that comes…
1 Of Just 30 Ever Made: A 1982 BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo Coupé
Just 30 examples of the BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo coupé were ever built, the car was based on the BMW 6 Series platform…
For Sale: An Original Concorde Air Speed Indicator
This is an original Concorde air speed indicator, it would have played a crucial role in the notoriously complex cockpit of the supersonic airliner….
A Rare British Racer: The Factory-Built Marcos Mantis GTO
The Marcos Mantis GTO was a special version of the Marcos Mantis developed specifically to compete in top level GT racing in the late…
1990 Ferrari 641 Formula 1 MOMO Steering Wheel
This MOMO steering wheel was fitted to the 1990 Ferrari 641 Formula 1 car, the car driven by both Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost…
Sweden’s Answer To The Unimog – The Volvo L3314 Laplander 4×4
The Volvo L3314 “Laplander” was developed in the late 1950s to fulfil a Jeep-like role for the Swedish military, by this time the Unimog…
Harvey Mushman Racing T-Shirt – The Pseudonym Used By Steve McQueen To Secretly Enter Races
Harvey Mushman was the pseudonym used by legendary Hollywood actor Steve McQueen when he entered motorcycle races in the ’60s and ’70s.
Project Car: A Rare, Crashed BMW 503 That’s Been Stored For 44 Years
The BMW 503 is a rare car – it’s rarer still to find one that hasn’t been restored to show condition due to the…
Short Film: Porsche 911 RSR By Rennsport: Sublime Or Sacrilege?
Porsche 911 RSR By Rennsport: Sublime Or Sacrilege? is short film by Darryl Sleath of Carfection that takes a look inside one of the…