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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Full Race: 1981 Daytona 500
The 1981 Daytona 500 was a unique race for a number of reasons, it also featured a remarkably tight finish, with just 3.5 seconds…
Cobra Caravan Survivor: 1965 Shelby GT350 R
Carroll Shelby In 1965, the Shelby American Company was far less famous than they are now. Carroll Shelby was a retired race car driver…
Buy The Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Brand
Full ownership of the Excelsior-Henderson motorcycle brand will be up for auction on the 27th of January, including all its intellectual property, the Excelsior-Henderson brandname, 10 federally registered…
Halley Helmet Rack
The Halley Helmet Rack has been designed as a helmet holder you might actually want in your home, with a large spherical ball to…
The Rare MV Agusta 750S America
The MV Agusta 750S America is a motorcycle that was built to fulfill a request from Chris Garville and Jim Cotherman of Commerce Overseas Corporation – the primary US importer of MV Augusta motorcycles in the 1970s.
AGV X3000 AGO 1 Full Face Helmet
The new AGV X3000 AGO 1 is a classically-styled full face helmet from the famed Italian company that’s likely to find a long list of…
1990 US-Spec Ferrari F40
As far as supercars go, the F40 is king. It’s not the only king of course, but it’s one of the major ones. It’s kind…
Doctor Who Dalek
Doctor Who is a seminal science fiction TV series from the UK, it first aired in 1963 (3 years before Star Trek began), and…
1971 TVR Vixen 2500
TVR is a British low-volume car maker famous for two things – 1: It’s name is a contraction of “Trevor” because that’s the company founder’s name, and 2: Its cars are so raw and visceral they’re famous for showing up any shortcomings in a driver’s abilities. Often by flying sideways through a hedge.
Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles T-Glove Tee
Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles is a world renowned, Barcelona-based custom motorcycle garage best known for building highly functional vintage scramblers, with the occasional cafe racer…
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight
The 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight (or more correctly 1963½), is a factory-built racing special that’s revered for being exceptionally quick down the quarter mile, and so rare that most have never actually seen one in person.
Mollyjogger’s Bear & Son Scrimshaw Knife Kit
Mollyjogger’s Bear & Son Scrimshaw Knife Kit contains everything you need to partake in the age-old art of scrimshaw – carving bone or ivory…