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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American Icon: The 1955 Cushman Eagle
The Cushman Eagle was by far the most desirable scooter in the USA in the 1950s. The designers at the American company had struck…
1955 Matchless G45 Racer
The Matchless Motorcycle Company Matchless was one of the world’s first motorcycle manufacturers – they started out in 1899 when cars were a rare…
Paris-Dakar Rally Porsche 959 Plain Body Prints
The Porsche 959 The Porsche 959 was the first of the modern supercars. It was originally conceived for the borderline insane world of Group…
Barn Find: 1965 Porsche 912
As with most barn finds, this 1965 Porsche 912 has a special story. It was bought new in the Netherlands on Christmas Eve in 1965…
The Original Fisher Astronaut Space Pen
Fisher Astronaut Space Pens have been used on every manned NASA space mission since Apollo 7 in 1968, the pen also features prominently in…
Ex-Works 1975 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Group 4 Spider
The Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye Spider was a comprehensively re-developed version of the famous little Italian roadster designed to race in the Group 4…
McLaren Ford DFV 919 Engine Block Coffee Table
When the McLaren Racing Formula 1 Team blew this engine during a test session in the mid-70s there are few who would have believed…
Death Machines of London Airforce Moto Guzzi
This feature was written by James Hilton, the proprietor of Death Machines of London. When possible we like to give custom builders the opportunity…
Fuel Downtown Denim Motorcycle Jacket
The new Fuel Downtown is a denim motorcycle jacket with a full Para-Aramid, anti-abrasion layer under its 12.5 oz indigo dyed denim outer shell….
Documentary – Dan Gurney: Renaissance Man of Motorsports
Dan Gurney passed away on Sunday the 14th of January 2018. He’ll be forever remembered as the man who started the tradition of spraying…
Cryptic Knives Friction Folder
The Cryptic Knives Friction Folder is a pocket-sized folding knife by Wytse Kersseboom in the Netherlands. Each is made by hand from tough DIN…
Documentary: Derek Warwick – Raw Racing
This hour long interview film by Mario Muth offers an insightful and frank look into the life and times of former Formula 1 driver…