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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1967 Alfa Romeo Sprint GT Veloce
Among the Alfa Romeo cognoscenti there are few cars as sacred as the Giorgetto Giugiaro designed “step nose” 105 series coupes of the mid-1960s….
Rado HyperChrome Captain Cook
The Rado HyperChrome Captain Cook is a modern reissue of one of the Swiss company’s popular dive watches from 1962. They offer the new…
1965 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C Alloy
The release of the Ferrari 275 in 1964 was a significant milestone for Ferrari, it was the first of their cars to be fitted…
When Sex Was Safe
Sir Jackie Stewart once famously said “When I was in Formula One, sex was safe and motor racing was dangerous” – funnily enough it…
The Last American De Tomaso Pantera
It’s been said that there are two kinds of men in the world – those who like Panteras and those who aren’t real men….
Full Film – Raymond Loewy: Father of Industrial Design
Raymond Loewy is know as the father of industrial design, and for good reason, he designed everything from Air Force One, to the Shell…
1940 BMW 328 Roadster
The 1940 BMW 328 Roadster shown here presents a bit of an automotive mystery, its rare Touring of Milan bodywork was constructed using the Superleggera…
Britten – Return to The Island
Britten – Return to The Island is a look at one of the most fascinating motorcycles of the 1990s – the Britten V1000. The…
1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
A Brief History of the Ferrari 288 GTO The Ferrari 288 GTO was destined to compete in the borderline-insane world of Group B racing. The…
Biltwell EXFIL-80 Moto Bag
The Biltwell EXFIL-80 Bag was developed specifically for motorcycle journeys, with a bag section dedicated to tools – and a zip cover that incorporates…
Documentary: Flying the Lindbergh Trail in the Pan Am Clipper
Flying the Lindbergh Trail runs approximately an hour in length, it (unsurprisingly) follows Charles Lindbergh’s journey down the length of Central and South America in…
1929 BMW R62
BMW motorcycles have always been a little unusual, the Germans were never afraid to depart from the norm, and to their credit, the German…