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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1975 Ford Bronco Restomod – 302 V8 With Edelbrock Heads
The First Generation Ford Bronco The first generation Ford Bronco was something of a trailblazer, although it was the second to blaze a trail…
Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky – 93 Points
Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky is distilled through copper-pot “Coffey” stills that were imported to Japan from Scotland in 1963. Despite the similar name, the…
The First Shelby Series 1 – Carroll Shelby’s 600 BHP Personal Car
The Shelby Series 1 Personally, I think the Shelby Series 1 is a significantly underrated car. It was the only blank-slate road car ever built…
Homologation Specials Subaru 22B Shirt by DNBK
The Subaru 22B was built between March and August 1998 in very limited numbers to celebrate both Subaru’s 40th anniversary and the 3rd consecutive…
Full Documentary: The Story of MG – Britain’s Biggest Little Car Company
This documentary from the 1980s tells the story of MG, the mighty little car company that produced some of the most influential and popular…
First Issue: Bike EXIF x Craftrad Magazine
The team at Bike EXIF have just released their first ever print addition in collaboration with the high-respected European publication Craftrad. Bike EXIF is…
1954 Cunningham C3 – The Rare American Homologation Special
The Cunningham C3 The Cunningham C3 was to be the only non-racing car ever built by Briggs Cunningham and his team, and it only came…
The Vaktare M.G. Pilot Racer Jacket – Individually Handmade in Los Angeles, CA.
The Pilot Racer Jacket by Vaktare M.G. was designed as a modern motorcyclist’s equivalent of the iconic WWII fighter pilot and bomber crew flight…
The Original Norton Commando Production Racer – The Yellow Peril
The Yellow Peril The Norton Commando Production Racer was often colloquially referred to as the “Yellow Peril”. The bike would be offered as a…
The Redux Courg Watch – An Affordable Titanium Automatic
The Redux Courg Watch is an affordable, military-spec titanium watch with an automatic movement featuring 24 jewels and a 41 hour power reserve. The…
The Slipstream Creations Retro Honda Enduro Chimera
This article was written by James Fawcett, the founder of Slipstream Creations. When possible we like to bring you the story of a custom in…
Watch: Rodney Dangerfield’s Guide to Auto Repair
Rodney Dangerfield’s Guide to Auto Repair is a famous 7 minute sketch by the legendary American comedian that’ll sound immediately familiar to anyone who’s…