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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Auto Design Prints – 100% Cotton T-Shirts – Porsche 911, Lamborghini Countach, Ferrari F40
This new series of t-shirts from the team at Auto Design Prints were designed to celebrate three of the most important cars of the…
The One Of A Kind 1933 Chevrolet Custom Car by Alex Tremulis
This highly unusual 1933 Chevrolet custom car is thought to be the first complete car built to a design by Alex Tremulis, the legendary…
Short Film: John Anthony Reviews The BMW 2002 In 1973
This short film clip from the former British motoring television show “Drive In” was only very recently uploaded by Thames TV. It offers a…
For Sale: Speed Racer Mach 5 Go-Kart – Fully Functional
If you’ve ever wanted your own fully drivable Speed Racer Mach 5 you may very well be in luck, as this example is coming…
Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer 710M 4×4 All-Terrain Vehicle
The Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer is renowned as one of the toughest and most capable off-road vehicles of its time, particularly among the military service members…
Honda QA50 K0 Minibike – A Micro Off-Roader From The 1970s
The Honda QA50 K0 Minibike was released as a 1970 model and sold as varying successor models until 1975. It was a fascinating dabble…
A One-Off Aston Martin Lagonda Shooting Brake Designed By A Swede
There’s little doubt that the Aston Martin Lagonda was one of the most controversial four-door car designs of its era, if not the…
An Original Soviet Military-Specification Dnepr KMZ MV-750
The Dnepr KMZ MV-750 is the heavily modified Soviet-Ukrainian variant of the popular Soviet-era version of the WWII-era BMW R71 sidecar motorcycle. Most of…
Saudi Arabian Desert Find: A Rare 1961 Maserati 5000 GT Coupe by Ghia
The Maserati 5000 GT Coupe was built to fulfill an order dreamt up by the Shah of Persia, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He wanted a…
Short Film: Discovering An Apollo Astronaut Corvette For Sale On A Used Car Lot For $3,230
This short film by Michael Brown of Corvette Nation tells the story of Corvette collector Danny Reed, and his greatest ever discovery – an…
The Auto Fabrica Yamaha SR500 Type 7G – A Minimalist Scram Africa Desert Racer
This article was written by Bujar Muharremi, the co-founder of AutoFabrica. When possible we like to bring you the story of a custom build…
A 430 BHP Corvette-Engined Land Rover Series 2A
When the Land Rover Series 2A was first released in 1961 the engineers behind it would have had no idea that almost 60 years…