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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Bremont Supermarine Type 300 Wristwatch
The Supermarine Type 300 by Bremont is a British automatic wristwatch designed to be a daily-wearable, heirloom quality timepiece. It’s named for the legendary…
1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton
There are some who will tell you that the Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton is the most beautiful American car ever made, and whether you…
Goodwood Road Racing Club Mechanic Overalls
This set of official Goodwood Road Racing Club mechanic overalls have been carefully designed to look and feel exactly like the ones worn by…
1969 Dodge Super Bee 440 Six Pack
The Dodge Super Bee was named for the platform it’s based on – the Chrysler “B” platform that it shared with a number of…
1969 Opel Rallye Kadett
Outside of Europe the Opel Kadett 1900 Rallye is a little known car, in fact it’s not all that well known in Europe either…
Tactica Talon 17-In-1 Multitool
The Tactica Talon 17-In-1 Multitool is an Australian-designed, carabiner-shaped tool designed to take care of a multitude of tasks – all while being 100%…
Documentary – Norman Dewis: The Greatest Test Driver
Editor’s Note: The original film we featured here has been removed from YouTube. We’ve replaced it with this wonderful interview with Dewis in which…
1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE DINO Purists are always quick to point out that this car didn’t actually wear a Ferrari badge – it…
1936 Horch 853 Spezialroadster
The name Horch might not be familiar to many, but the name Audi certainly is. As it happens both automakers were founded by the…
The Villianaire Wallet
The Villianaire is a wallet/moneyclip by the team over at The Goods, an LA-based company made up of engineers, designers, and craftsmen. Each wallet…
The ExoDyne Electric Motorcycle
The ExoDyne Electric Motorcycle The ExoDyne is what happens when a talented veterinary orthopedic surgeon turns his attention to building himself an electric motorcycle….
Meters OV-1 Headphones
The new Meters OV-1 headphones have been developed by the same team behind Ashdown Engineering, a British company that has designed and created instrument…