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 One-Off Lotus Elan M200 Speedster Concept Car Is For Sale
This is the 1990 Lotus Elan M200 Speedster concept car, just one was made and it’s been largely kept hidden from the public for…
For Sale: A Ferrari California V8 Engine
This is the Ferrari Type F136IB V8 engine from a Ferrari California, it has a displacement of 4.3 liters and, when fitted to a…
For Sale: A Chevrolet Corvair Corsa: America’s Air-Cooled Flat-Six
This is a 1969 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa, it was built during the final year of production for the model series which had debuted in…
The Kasperi Black Fold-Top Backpack – Made In Finland
This is the Kasperi Black Fold-Top Backpack, it’s one of the Scandinavian company’s newer offerings, using their tried and tested design that was developed…
A Rare 1913 Wilkinson TMC Four: A Revolutionary Early Touring Motorcycle
This is a rare 1913 Wilkinson TMC Four, it’s a historically significant motorcycle and one of the earliest examples of a true touring motorcycle…
There’s A Rare 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 “Twister Special” For Sale
This is a rare 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 “Twister Special,” it’s one of 96 ever made and one of just 48 built with…
For Sale: A Canadian Fat Truck – It Can Drive On Water (And Land)
This is a Fat Truck, it’s an amphibious all-terrain vehicle developed and built in Canada by Zeal Motor Inc. which was established in 2018….
For Sale: A Rare “Gilbern Genie”
This is a Gilbern Genie and if you’ve never seen one before that’s likely because just 197 were made, with far fewer than that…
The Last Surviving Monarch “Sno-Motor” Is For Sale
This is the last surviving Monarch Sno-Motor, it’s a strange looking machine that proved highly capable – traveling deep snow hauling lumber, and later…
For Sale: A 1989 Pontiac Trans Am GTA “Time Warp” Survivor
This is a 1989 Pontiac Trans Am GTA that remains in remarkably original condition throughout, largely thanks to careful prior ownership and the fact…
For Sale: A Pre-Production Lotus Esprit Essex Turbo With “Active Suspension”
This is one of the most historically significant Lotus Esprits in existence, it was the first pre-production Essex Esprit built, it was loaned to…
The “British Shelby Mustang” – A Rare Uren Stampede: The Boss 302-Powered Capri
This is one of eight examples of the Uren Stampede that were built. They were essentially a British answer to the Shelby Mustang, a…