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 Police Interceptor V8-Powered 1968 Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet

The Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet was Ford’s comeback king – a car built to reclaim the crown that had been taken by other…
The New Roland Sands F@#K Luck Riding Boot

The new Roland Sands F@#K Luck Riding Boot is described by the team at RSD as a motorcycle race boot in disguise. It’s designed…
This Was “On Any Sunday” Director Bruce Brown’s 1967 Triumph Mountain Cub

This 1967 Triumph Mountain Cub was bought by On Any Sunday Director Bruce Brown shortly after the runaway success of his seminal surfing film…
A Custom V8 Kaiser Jeep M715 Pickup Truck On 42″ Super Swamper Tires

The Kaiser Jeep M715 is the military variant of the civilian Jeep Gladiator. By the mid-1960s it became clear that the current US Military…
There’s A McLaren 540C Twin-Turbo V8 Engine For Sale On eBay

This week’s find is part of our ongoing “Supercar Engines On eBay” series, it’s a McLaren 540C Twin-Turbo V8 with many of the parts…
A Custom BMW R80ST by La Motocicletta

The BMW R80ST is one of the rarer and more unusual motorcycles from the German marque’s 1980s catalogue. It’s essentially a more street-oriented version…
A 1950s-Era Porsche You Might Be Able To Afford – A Porsche-Diesel Standard 208 Tractor

Between 1956 and 1963 over 125,000 Porsche-Diesel tractors were built in the former Zeppelin factory near Friedrichshafen on the shores of Lake Konstanz in southern…
Oil In The Blood – The Official Trailer

This is the official trailer for Oil In The Blood, a film about the people who make up modern custom motorcycle culture. Production for…
This Porsche Speedster Is The Best Porsche Project Car For Sale On Earth Right Now

As far as we can tell, this Porsche Speedster is the best Porsche project car for sale in the world at this moment. I…
The Mighty Tote Gote – America’s Toughest “Little” Motorcycle

The Tote Gote is an American trail riding bike designed to be the toughest motorcycle in the world. It wasn’t designed to go fast,…
The New Dainese Dover Gore-Tex Motorcycle Shoes – $159.95 USD

The new Dainese Dover Gore-Tex motorcycle shoes were developed by the Italian company to fulfill the needs of urban riders who want a safe…
The Wild Volkswagen Beetle Outlaw “Death” by Franz Muhr

This Volkswagen Beetle Outlaw was built by Franz Muhr a little over 10 years ago using an abandoned Baja Bug project car. Muhr wanted…