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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1935 Willys Gasser
To cut a long story short, a Gasser is style of American drag racing car designed to run on regular pump gasoline, rather than…
Short Film: Survivor
Survivor is a short film by director Cam Elkins, the man behind the popular Stories of Bike series that’s essential viewing for all motorcyclists….
1986 Gemballa Cyrrus
There are few German cars as controversial as the Gemballa modified 911s. Some love them, many hate them, but the one thing no one…
Boe Vintage Radio Bluetooth Speakers
Boe Vintage Radio Bluetooth Speakers are original vintage radios, with their distinctive sounding speakers still fitted, but with new circuitboards, amplifiers, and Bluetooth 4.0…
XTR Pepo BMW R nineT Paris Dakar
Hubert Auriol and the Paris Dakar BMW have a long and proud history of Paris Dakar wins, perhaps none more iconic than those of…
Proverb Money Clip
The famous Yiddish saying “With money in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you sing well too” is a proverb we’d all…
Morgan: The Most Honest Car Factory in the World
Morgan Motor Company: The Most Honest Car Factory in the World is a short film that takes a close look inside the factory of…
1980 Renault 5 Turbo
The French have their own unique approach to building cars. If you don’t know what I mean just take a look at the Citroën…
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Competizione
There are few Ferrari 250 GT series cars as highly sought after as the alloy-bodied 250 GT SWB Competizione. Just 46 were built in 1960, their…
Iron And Resin Enduro Denim Motorcycle Jeans
Cone Denim uses cotton strands that are woven with Dyneema®, the strongest fibre in the world. This creates one of the toughest and most…
Sopwith Dove Biplane
The story of the Sopwith Dove cannot be told without first talking about the Sopwith Pup – the Dove being the far less common…
ICON Duesey Watch
The ICON Duesey Watch is a new design from famed automotive maestro Jonathan Ward. Although he’s most famous for his work rebuilding classic 4x4s…