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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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…
The Magrette Moana Pacific Professional Kara Automatic Dive Watch
The Magrette Moana Pacific Professional Kara dive watch is a New Zealand-built timepiece with a Swiss caliber STP1-11 automatic movement and a brushed grade…
German Mystery Wagon: A 1979 Mercedes-Benz 500 TE AMG
The exact origins of this 1979 Mercedes-Benz 500 TE AMG are unknown – it’s a mystery that many in the Mercedes community have tried…
Allegiance Flags – Made In The USA
Allegiance Flag Supply make all of their flags in the USA, each one is individually made by veteran seamstresses in South Georgia, many of…
A Custom BMW R1100GS Scrambler by Red Hot Chili Customs
This custom BMW R1100GS is the work of one of Poland’s pre-eminent custom motorcycle garages – Red Hot Chili Customs. The donor bike was…
The House of Candy Drifter – A Land Rover-Inspired Traditional Wooden Car
The House of Candy Drifter is a Land Rover-inspired wooden car built to a far more traditional style that most modern toy cars, it…
BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo – A Turbocharged 330 hp Sedan
The BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo had big shoes to fill when it was introduced in 1981 as a replacement for the BMW Alpina…