Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, 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 millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
This is an original set of Bugatti EB110 wheels, they’re coming up for sale with RM Sotheby’s and as you may imagine they cost more than many used cars, with the price guide ranging from $9,400…
This Ford Escort Mk II is a road-legal historic rally car with significant racing history to its name, it’s a Mk II RS1800 Group 4 and it’s powered by the historically significant 2.0 litre Cosworth…
These are the Julbo Cham mountaineering sunglasses, French company Julbo was an early pioneer in the sunglasses business, creating eyewear for mountain climbers who spent their days high in the snowcapped Alps searching for valuable…
This is an original 1945 North American P-51D Mustang, it’s been comprehensively restored and it now has just 88 hours of air time since completed. The asking price of $2,250,000 USD will put it out…
CforCROSSSTITCH is a new project that creates custom cross stitch artworks for petrolheads, you just send in some pictures of your car and they set to work creating a bespoke cross stitch for you. The…
This is an 1897 Columbia Military Pneumatic Safety Bicycle, it’s been modified for military use with a belt-fed machine gun mounted to the front, and there are a pair of ammunition boxes on the rear…
This is the Nattlampan Paraffin Lamp made by Karlskrona Lampfabrik, it was originally designed in the 1890s primarily using brass and a tube made from hand-blown glass. Paraffin lamps were a key source of light for…
This 1939 Mercury Eight has a fascinating history, it was ordered new by land speed record breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell and sent by him to the coachbuilders Windovers to convert it into an estate car…
This is the new collection of watches from Ferro & Co. – a Canadian watchmaker that takes their styling cues from classic timepieces from the mid-20th century A key development criteria of all Ferro watches…
This is officially the fastest Porsche 928 on Earth, it set the world Porsche 928 speed record at 234.434 mph in 2020 at the TRC Proving Grounds. It’s not just a one trick pony however,…
This documentary gives a fascinating and detailed look into the highly competitive world of American drag racing in the 1960s. The film covers the 10th annual NHRA Nationals, the AHRA Winter Championship, and the AHRA…
This is a rare original Motion Manta Ray GT, to cut a long story short, it’s a Corvette that was custom built in the 1970s by a company called Motion Performance, before they were fined by…
