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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Mazda RX-7 – The Twin-Turbo Rotary Powerhouse
The Mazda RX-7 is an immensely popular Japanese sports car that’s entirely unique among its contemporaries due to one key fact – it was…
Feel: My Story – The Freddie Spencer Autobiography
Feel: My Story is the autobiography of motorcycle racing legend “Fast” Freddie Spencer. When it comes to the autobiographies of racing drivers (and riders)…
The MV Agusta 750 Twin Turbo Prototype – 150 hp and 186 mph (Claimed)
This rather unusual motorcycle is the 1975 MV Agusta 750 Turbo Prototype, it was built as a proof-of-concept for a possible future production model,…
Muck Boot Waterproof Chelsea – The Almost Indestructible Boot
The Waterproof Chelsea by Muck Boot is designed to be a boot you can wear everyday, whether it be on your morning commute or…
Is This The Perfect 911? – The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring
This is the Touring version of the Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7, a car that still to this day is regarded by many as…
Sparco Vintage Classic RS-5.1 Race Suit
The Sparco Vintage Classic RS5.1 race suit was designed to evoke the style of racing suits from yesteryear, but with all the modern safety…
Rare Factory-Built Special – The MV Agusta Mini Bike Racing
This MV Agusta Mini Bike Racing was an official model offered by the Italian motorcycle manufacturer in the mid-1970s. As the story goes, a…
De-Classified CIA Training Film: Car Surveillance
This formerly classified CIA training film covers techniques used to surveil cars using multiple vehicle-based teams communicating by radio. The quality of the film’s…
Crate Engine Royalty: A 740 HP Ferrari F50 GT V12 Engine
This Ferrari F50 V12 engine was built to F50 GT specifications along with three chassis and another three or four race-specification engines. The F50…
The Fiat Dino Coupé – A Ferrari Homologation Special
The Fiat Dino coupé is the far more attainable sibling of the peerless Ferrari Dino, both cars shared the same engine and the same…
On Any Sunday Cap by Iron & Resin
This On Any Sunday cap by Iron & Resin is a celebration of the work of documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, the man behind Slippery…
An MV Agusta-Powered Tony Go Kart – 150cc Two-Stroke 4-Speed
This MV Agusta Tony Go Kart is a remarkable piece of history, it’s a combination of two Italian icons from a time before either…