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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Trip Machine Motorcycle Helmet Hanger – Display Your Helmet When You’re Not Using It
The new Trip Machine Helmet Hanger is an all-in-one solution for storing your motorcycle jacket, helmet, and keys when you’re not using them. It’s…
Documentary: Thunderbirds 1965 – The Successful Project To Create 3 New Thunderbirds Episodes
Thunderbirds 1965 is a 35 minute documentary about a successful project from three years ago to create three new episodes of the Thunderbirds using…
The Bolt Action Pen L by Inventery – An Affordable Heirloom Quality Pen
The Bolt Action Pen L by the team at Inventery was developed to be a long-lasting heirloom quality pen that can be handed down through…
Pando Moto Karl Steel Black Dyneema® Motorcycle Jeans – 15 Times Stronger Than Steel
The new Karl Steel Black motorcycle jeans are a recent offering from the European motorcycle gear maker that feature a primary chassis made from…
The Last Unrestored P-51D Mustang In Original Military Configuration
This is likely the last original unrestored P-51D Mustang in original military configuration left anywhere in the world, and fortunately for someone, it’s currently…
A Scratch-Built 40% Scale Model of a Ducati Square Case Engine
This Ducati square case model engine is exact down to the smallest detail, it’s not made from a commercially available kit, each of the…
The Wishbone by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth – A VW-Engined One-Off Custom Car
The Wishbone is a custom car built by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth in 1967, it proved to be a disaster for him and his…
The Douchebags™ Backpack – A 20 L Daily Carry Bag
Though it’s somewhat comically named, the Douchebags™ Backpack is actually a very well engineered backpack designed by Swedish freeski icon Jon Olsson and Norwegian…
Triumph TR6SS Trophy – Bud Ekin’s International’s Six Days Trial Gold Medal Winner
This is the Triumph TR6SS Trophy that Bud Ekins rode to a Gold Medal-win in the 1962 International Six Days Trial in Europe while he…
For Sale: An Original Concorde Jet Engine (With Afterburner)
This is an original Rolls-Royce Olympus Turbojet engine (593-610), fitted with afterburner. It was fitted to a Concorde and flown at supersonic speeds as…
Bill Thomas Cheetah #4 – The Race Car Designed In Chalk On A Garage Floor
The Bill Thomas Cheetah has become an unlikely success story, the car was first designed as a concept car of sorts for Chevrolet who…
Kytone Potcho 3-In-1 – A Simple Shelter, Camp Bed, or Poncho
The Kytone Potcho is designed to perform three essential functions, it can be worn as a waterproof poncho, laid down as a camp bed,…