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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The Art of Jean-Yves Tabourot
Jean-Yves Tabourot isn’t a classically trained artist – he’s an engineer who spent decades working in Formula 1, rally, Le Mans, and more recently…
The Engine Designs of Von Dutch
Von Dutch, aka Kenny Howard, was a prolific artist and self-taught engineer, and a founding father of the Californian Kustom Kulture movement of ’50s and ’60s.
Nexx X.G200 Offroad Superhunky Helmet
The Nexx X.G200 Offroad is a new helmet by the European company designed to appeal to those who race off road – or those…
Project Millenium Falcon – 430 HP Land Rover Defender
Project Millenium Falcon Project Millenium Falcon is a comprehensively rebuilt Land Rover Defender, created by the Florida-based team at East Coast Defender. Under the…
MWC Dive Watch
MWC is a Swiss company founded in the 1970s that designs and builds watches for military units around the world, as well as police…
Restoring The 10-Litre FIAT S61
The FIAT S61 was astonishingly advanced for its time, it was designed and built in 1908 with a 10 litre (589 cubic inch), 4-cylinder…
The Rare Toyota 2000GT
The Toyota 2000GT The Toyota 2000GT has become the most desirable, and therefore the most expensive Japanese car ever made. The 2000GT was made to…
Motoped® Pro
The Motoped® Pro The Motoped® Pro is the halfway point between a motocross bike and a downhill mountain bike – with the best characteristics of…
Scooter Headlight Desk Lamp
This desk lamp is made from a vintage scooter headlight, and a chrome 1960s-era photography tripod. It’s the work of The Modern Weld a…
1973 Range Rover Classic
The Range Rover was first introduced in 1970 to a worldwide audience who weren’t sure what to make of it. Up until then, 4x4s…
The Extra Mile – Delicious Alternatives To Motorway Services
The Extra Mile – Delicious Alternatives To Motorway Services is a new book that’ll revolutionize your road trips in the UK. It’s a guide…
1958 Fiberfab Centurion Corvette
It’s thought that only five or so examples of the Centurion Corvette were built in the mid-1960s until General Motors forced Fiberfab to stop…