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 Only One Ever Made: Ferrari 330 GTC Zagato Convertible
Just one example of the Ferrari 330 GTC Zagato convertible was ever built, and it owes its existence to a fender bender in 1972….
Aircraft Bolt Cufflinks by Plane Industries
These aircraft bolt cufflinks are machined from bolts sourced from commercial passenger jets by the team at Plane, a small company run by two…
Documentary: The History of the MGB
This documentary about the history of the MGB, and to a lesser extent the history of MG as a whole, covers the development of…
The 1919 ABC Skootamota – The Beginning Of A Transportation Revolution
The ABC Skootamota was the brainchild of engineering genius Granville Bradshaw, inventions like the Skootamota, the Motoped, the Kenilworth, and the Reynolds Runabout showed…
A Rare British Prototype – The AC 3000 ME MKII
The AC 3000 ME has been described as the little-known British answer to the mighty Lancia Stratos. The history of the wedge-shaped, mid-engined British…
Vibrazioni Art-Design FlashBurn Eyewear
FlashBurn Eyewear is a new collection of sunglasses by the team at Vibrazioni Art-Design, the famous Italian design house known for their work repurposing…
A Comprehensively Restored 1937 Lockheed Model 12 – $1,295,000 USD
The Lockheed 12 is probably best known as the beautiful art deco airliner waiting for Ingrid Bergman at the end of the Casablanca, it was…
The Bell Eliminator Helmet – Silodrome Hands-On Review
The Bell Eliminator Helmet was designed in the style of the automobile racing helmets of the 1970s but with a wider eye port for…
The Perfect Retro Dual Sport? A Honda Dominator NX650 Custom by Petrology
This Honda Dominator NX650 custom is the work of the talented team at Petrology, they’ve allied with SG Moto Restoration to develop a production…
Catalina Grand Prix Strapback – Made In The USA
The Catalina Grand Prix was an iconic motorcycle race on the small island of Santa Catalina 29 miles off the coast of Long Beach,…
Muhammad Ali’s Alfa Romeo Spider Is Up For Sale On eBay
This is Muhammad Ali’s former 1976 Alfa Romeo Spider, he bought the car personally at European Imports in Lake Forest, just north of Chicago…
Bamford GMT – A Sub-£1,000 Watch With An Automatic Swiss Movement
The Bamford GMT is an in-house design from the British company that is probably best described as the AMG of the watch world. Since…