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 Montague Paratrooper Bike – Developed For US Special Forces With A Grant From DARPA
The Montague Paratrooper Bike was developed with a grand from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Unites States Military to provide…
The Droog Moto Custom Kawasaki Ninja 250 R Scrambler x Street Fighter
This custom Kawasaki Ninja 250 R is one of the most comprehensively rebuilt examples of the popular Japanese urban sport bike we’ve ever seen….
A Cosworth XG 3.0 Litre V8 IndyCar Crate Engine – 700 BHP (On Methanol)
This is a brand new, unused Cosworth XG 3.0 litre V8 engine originally developed for the 2004 IRL IndyCar Series. It was nicknamed the…
An Original Ferrari 250 Tool Roll – That (Probably) Costs More Than Your Car
This is an original, complete Ferrari 250 tool roll suitable for “outside plug” cars like the GTE, Lusso, SWB, TDF, PF Coupe and…
A Restored Land Rover Series 2A LWB – The Perfect 4×4 Motorcycle Hauler?
This Land Rover Series 2A LWB (long wheelbase) has been through a comprehensive nut-and-bolt restoration by the talented team at Cool n’ Vintage…
The Motocompo Tee by Cure Collection – Help Support Breast Cancer Research
The Motocompo Tee by Cure Collection is the latest release from the small California apparel maker founded by Mason Watson. Mason lost his mother…
The California Star – A Ford Model T-Inspired Custom Roadster From The 1980s
The California Star has always been a controversial car, it was built in the early 1980s as a modern day interpretation of the Ford…
The Tree Tent – A Spherical Kit-Based Tent Designed To Be Suspended In The Trees
The Tree Tent is the signature creation of the aptly named Tree Tents International based in England. Each of these spherical tents has is…
Supercar Showdown: An ’80s Comparison Between The Lamborghini Countach, The Ferrari Testarossa, And The Porsche 911 Turbo
Supercar Showdown is a straight-to-VHS film from 1986 comparing the Lamborghini Countach, the Ferrari Testarossa, and the Porsche 911 Turbo (930). The film…
The New Lego Technic Land Rover Defender
Edit: This article has been updated since the new Land Rover Defender was released, to answer the original question, yes this was a leak…
1 of 27 Ever Made: The Intermeccanica Indra Fastback Coupé
The Intermeccanica Indra was one of the most successful models from the Italian/American/Canadian company founded by the husband and wife team of Frank…
Dark Mode – Automotive Icon T-Shirts By Nik Schultz
This series of tees by Nik Schultz of L-Dopa Design are called “Dark Mode”, he developed the series to showcase a series of motorsport…