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 “Pizza Overland” Land Rover Defender Is For Sale
This is the “Pizza Overland” Land Rover Defender, it’s been modified to include a commercial-grade, wood-fired stone pizza oven in the rear, allowing the…
For Sale: An Unusual 1976 Porsche 914/6 Custom Roadster
This is a 1976 Porsche 914/6 that has been rebuilt into a roadster rather than the targa is started out as. The car is…
The Lego Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle
This is the new Lego Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle, better known simply as the Lunar Rover or the Moon Buggy. It was…
Barn Find! A 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback
This is a 1969 Ford Mustang fastback that was abandoned for many years, and as you can clearly see from the images it now…
For Sale: A 1917 Rauch & Lang JX7 Electric Car From Cleveland, Ohio
This is a 1917 Rauch & Lang JX7 Electric, it’s an electric car from the early days of the automobile, during a time when…
Field Find! A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am 6.6 Liter V8
This 1977 Pontiac Trans Am is part of the Lost & Found Collection, each car is now being sold individually in the hopes that…
For Sale: The Unusual “Lawrence Longnose” Land Rover
This is the “Lawrence Longnose,” it’s a Land Rover Series 2A long wheelbase that’s been significantly modified by David Sexton. It’s now powered by…
For Sale: The Grateful Dead’s Original Studebaker M5 Band Equipment Truck
This 1949 Studebaker M5 Pickup was used by The Grateful Dead as their primary equipment truck, they nicknamed it “The Dred” and it was…
For Sale: The 1959 Moto Guzzi Falcone Built By Von Dutch
This is a 1959 Moto Guzzi Falcone that was customized in period by Kenny Howard, a.k.a. “Von Dutch,” the artist, pin striper, metal fabricator,…
The Tentsile Safari Connect 2-Person “Tree Tent”
This is the Safari Connect 2-Person Tree Tent from Tentsile, a company that was founded by Alex Shirley-Smith in 2010 specifically to create tree…
Probably The Toughest Mini-4×4 Ever Made: The AMC M422A1 “Mighty Mite”
This is 1963 AMC M422 Mighty Mite, it was developed as a lightweight military 4×4 that could be deployed by air –specifically by the…
For Sale: Neon Race Track Silhouettes By Petrol Vibes
This is the Neon Race Track Silhouette collection created by the European team at Petrol Vibes. They’ve developed neon maps of many of the…