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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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…
Norton Atlas 920 Cafe Racer
The Norton Atlas was introduced in 1962 as an upgraded version of the Dominator, primarily focussed on the American market. The Atlas brought together…
Navy Seal Aluminum Ridge Wallet
The aluminum Ridge wallet has been designed to block RFID-skimming devices, keeping your cards safe from digital theft. Rather than being kept in a…
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight
The car you’re looking at here is widely considered to be the most successful Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 of all time. This is a remarkable…
Barebones Living Ultimate Tool
The Ultimate Tool by Barebones Living was designed as an all-in-one tool for camping trips, work around the garden, and zombie apocalypses. It has…
DavmoMoto Honda CT117
There’s something immediately approachable about mini bikes. In fact they might be the only motorcycle genre that almost all motorcyclists like, a rare feat…
The Angry Lane Rider Daypack
The Angry Lane Rider Daypack has been designed by motorcyclists, for motorcyclists. It’s the work of the team at Angry Lane, long known as…