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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Spidi Rock Motorcycle Jacket – An Armored Italian Buffalo Leather Jacket
The Spidi Rock motorcycle jacket is made from Italian buffalo leather from Vicenza. Buffalo leather has a few advantages over regular bovine leather, perhaps…
Austin-Healey 100/4 – Le Mans Specification
The Austin-Healey 100 The Austin-Healey 100 is one of the most beautiful British cars of its time, in fact I’d go so far as…
Northern Lights Optic NL 24 Sunglasses
The NL 24 Sunglasses by Northern Lights Optic feature a hand-laid acetate teardrop aviator frame with removable leather side shields – the shields are…
The Amphibious Dobbertin HydroCar – A $1 Million Dollar 762 HP Boat/Car Hybrid
The Dobbertin HydroCar is an amphibious vehicle that took 10 years to develop with over $1 million USD invested in research, development, and construction….
The Huckberry Essential EDC Kit
At $35.98 the Huckberry Essential EDC Kit is one of the best value propositions in the crowded everyday carry marketplace. It includes a length…
Porsche 911 Racer – With A 3.2 Liter Stroker by Torque Power Racing
I’ve always thought of the Porsche 911 as the automotive equivalent of Keith Richards. Both rose to prominence in the early 1960s, both have…
Ayrton Senna’s Last Kart – He Drove It 6 Weeks Before His Death
This is the last kart ever driven by Ayrton Senna, he piloted it around his personal go kart track on his farm in the…
A Technical Drawing By Ettore Bugatti
Ettore Bugatti was one of the early motoring world’s greatest characters, almost as famous for his gruff and oftentimes hilarious customer service as he…
Documentary: The Phil Hill Story – America’s First Formula 1 World Champion
Phil Hill is remembered as the only American-born Formula 1 World Champion, and one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. Unlike…
Beeline Moto GPS Unit – Motorcycle GPS For The 21st Century
The Beeline Moto is a GPS unit designed to do away with bulky touchscreens and strip navigation down to its core functions – which…
Sir Paul McCartney’s Mini Cooper S Is For Sale
It isn’t every day you get the chance to buy Sir Paul McCartney’s original Mini Cooper S. The Harold Radford & Co Mini Cooper…
You Can Now Buy A Functioning HAL 9000
Anyone who’s ever had an argument with Siri or Alexa will already be familiar with the parallels to HAL 9000 – the prescience of…