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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A Coyote V8-Swapped 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback
This car started out as a notchback 1966 Ford Mustang, but it was recently rebuilt into a high-performance Fastback with a Coyote V8 pulled…
The Incredible Zeus Air From Uncharted Supply Co.
This is the Zeus Air from the team over at Uncharted Supply Co. It was designed as a rugged, portable, and compact air compressor…
A Rare 1995 Toyota HiAce Super Custom Turbodiesel 4×4
This is a Toyota HiAce Super Custom van from 1995, it’s four-wheel drive, it benefits from recent suspension upgrades, and it’s powered by a…
For Sale: A Ferrari F140 V12 Engine – 650 BHP
This is a Ferrari F140 V12 engine from a Ferrari FF. Interestingly this would be the largest road-going Ferrari engine ever produced at the…
Can You Help Fill In The Story Of This Mystery Car? The 1964 “HMMD”
This car is titled as a 1964 HMMD, it was built by a metal fabricator named Edgar Smith in the early-1960s, but it’s full…
Bruce Lee’s Nunchaku From “Enter The Dragon”
This is the pair of nunchaku used by Hollywood legend Bruce Lee in “Enter The Dragon,” one of the most consequential action movies of…
Jamie Oliver Is Selling His Ford Capri 3000GT
This 1970 Ford Capri 3000GT Mk I was bought by celebrated chef Jamie Oliver 10 years ago in 2014 and then given £20,000 of…
For Sale: A WWII Japanese Zero Fighter Plane
This is a 1942 Nakajima A6M-2 Zero, a Japanese fighter aircraft from WWII that was shot down in the Pacific, crashing in the tropical…
A 1920s-Era Birglow “Auto Signal” Indicator Hand
This is an original 1920s-era Birglow “Auto Signal” indicator hand, it was developed at a time when people would use their hands (or their…
The Only One Of Its Kind: A Caterham Seven 360R “Royal Air Force Puma HC2”
This Caterham Seven 360R has been specially modified with many parts and bodywork from an Puma HC2 helicopter, it’s now being offered for sale…
The Springbar® Skyline Tent – “The Best Tent Made In America”
This is the Springbar® Skyline Tent and the team at Springbar in Salt Lake City, Utah confidently say that it’s the “best tent made…
For Sale: Daniel Craig’s Personal Triumph Scrambler 1200 “Bond Edition”
This is the 2020 Triumph Scrambler 1200 Bond Edition that was given to Daniel Craig after the filming of the James Bond film No…