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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For Sale: A Rare BMW-Powered Bertone Freeclimber
The Bertone Freeclimber is a little-known 1980s-era 4×4 that started life as a Japanese SUV, before being modified by the Italians, given a German…
Affordable V12: A 1988 BMW M70 V12 For $1,330 USD
This is a BMW M70 V12 engine from 1988. This was BMW’s first production V12 engine and a version of it, named the BMW…
The Fastest Chevette Ever? A 447 BHP V8-Swapped 1976 Chevette
This is a 1976 Chevrolet Chevette that was built by the Hooker Headers R&D department in the early 1980s, and featured in the November…
For Sale: A Swept Wing Aircraft-Based Street-Legal Car
This is a three-wheeled car based on a Rutan Long-EZ aircraft fuselage. It’s 100% street-legal, built on a custom chassis with a VW drivetrain….
Retro Home-On-Wheels: A 1974 FMC 2900R Motorhome
This is a 1974 FMC 2900R Motorhome, inside you’ll find a bedroom, a kitchenette, a dinette set, and a bathroom with a sink, a…
There’s A Restored Alvis Stalwart 6×6 Up For Sale
This is an Alvis Stalwart, a high-mobility six-wheel drive amphibious vehicle that was put into service by the British military in the 1960s. It…
For Sale: An 800 BHP Ferrari Tipo 056 Formula 1 Engine
This is an original Ferrari Tipo 056 V8 engine that was used during the 2009 season when drivers Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa, Luca Badoer,…
A Stunning Jawa Two-Stroke Scrambler By Thornton Hundred
This is a 1981 Jawa 350 two-stroke that has been rebuilt by the team at Thornton Hundred into a 1960s-style scrambler, and it’s now…
Twin-Engined Go-Kart For Sale! A Hartman Blue Streak
This is a recently restored 1977 Hartman Blue Streak Go-Kart that is powered by not one but two Yamaha KT100 two-stroke engines. Double-engined karts…
3 x Pontiac GTO Project Cars For Sale As A Package Deal
This is an eBay lot for three Pontiac GTO project cars, all are original GTOs and they’re being sold as a package for $30,000…
For Sale Ford Model A Cutaway Training Engine
This is a Ford Model A cutaway training engine, it would have been used in period for training new mechanics on the finer points…
Project Car: A Rare Concept 2000 GT From The 1980s
This is a Concept 2000 GT, it’s a rare custom car that was produced in very limited numbers in the 1980s by a company…