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 710 bhp Ferrari 488 GTB Pista Spider Engine
This is the engine from a Ferrari 488 GTB Pista Spider, it’s currently for sale on eBay out of Germany with 9,375 miles on…
The “Spitfire” – A Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 Custom
This is a 2021 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 that was built into a Spitfire-inspired cafe racer. It won the Best Cafe Racer 2023 award…
Field Find! 3 x 1970s-Era Rectrans Discoverer 25s – $1,500 USD
This unusual listing consists of three similar 1970s-era Rectrans Discoverer 25 motorhomes, all of which are in various states of disrepair and being offered…
The Gibson ES-335 Sixties Cherry: The Legendary Semi-Hollow Body
The Gibson ES-335 was undeniably one of the most important new guitar designs released in the 1950s. It was the world’s first “semi-hollow body”…
The Unusual Monteverdi Sahara 4×4 From Switzerland (And America)
This is an original Monteverdi Sahara from 1978, it’s one of just 30 that were made by the little-known Swiss automaker, with the intention…
The Fender Audio™ Indio 2 Bluetooth Speaker
This is the Fender Audio™ Indio 2 Bluetooth speaker, it’s designed to look and sound like those classic Fender guitar amplifiers from the 1960s…
Twin-Engined! The 7.2 Liter 1930 Ford Model A “Ballard Special” Speedster
This is a custom Ford Model A with a difference. It was built into a speedster and fitted with not one but two Model…
The Autodromo Group B Rallysport Chronograph For Hodinkee
This is the Autodromo Group B Rallysport Chronograph, it was made in collaboration with world-famous watch site Hodinkee and just 100 examples of each…
California Garage Find: A 1956 Ford Thunderbird Project Car
This is a 1956 Ford Thunderbird that was stored up in California for many years before being acquired by the current eBay seller. It’s…
eBay Find: A Rolls-Royce T58 Gnome Turboshaft Engine – $9,000 USD
This is a Rolls-Royce T58 Gnome turboshaft engine, originally designed for use in helicopters by American company General Electric, and later built under license…
An Unusual Volkswagen Beetle “Super Bugger” Camper
This is an original Volkswagen Beetle Super Bugger Camper, it’s essentially the four-wheeled answer to the question “how can I make a VW camper…
The Weltron “Space Ball” Music Player
This is an original Weltron “Space Ball” portable radio-cassette player from 1970, it’s finished in bright yellow and comes with both its original pair…