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 Only Iso Grifo 90 Ever Made

A Brief History of the Iso Grifo 90 The Iso Grifo 90 was built as a life-size wooden model designed by Marcello Gandini in the…
Ligne 24H Le Mans Driving Shoe

The Ligne 24H Le Mans driving shoe is a new design by Piloti, an Italian company known for making some of the best driving…
Dickie Stoop’s 1939 Frazer Nash-BMW 328

The 1939 Frazer Nash-BMW 328 you see here wasn’t actually completed until 1946 – it had been ordered as a rolling chassis by the…
Typewriter Gun Sculptures

This series of Typewriter Guns by Canadian artist Éric Nado immediately bring the phrase “The pen is mightier than the sword” to mind, particularly…
Documentary: Chrysler Turbine Car World Tour

This film documents the Chrysler Turbine Car World Tour of the early 1960s, it was a time when the American automaker was experimenting in…
1949 Harley-Davidson FL Panhead

A Brief History of the Harley-Davidson FL Panhead The Harley-Davidson FL series was introduced in 1941, originally fitted with the Knucklehead V-twin and leading-link front…
1964 Lotus Type 34

The Lotus Type 34 would go on to become the winningest Lotus Indy car ever built, an impressive feat given that it was only…
Singer Track1 Chronograph

The Singer Track1 Chronograph is the first foray into the world of horology by the world famous team at Singer Vehicle Design – a…
1977 MV Agusta 850SS

The MV Agusta 850SS was the last, the largest, and the fastest of the MV Agusta 4-cylinder road machines from the 1970s. In fact…
MOMO Super Grand Prix Steering Wheel

MOMO is a contraction of the words “Moretti Monza”, the company was founded by racing driver Gianpiero Moretti in 1962 almost by accident –…
Lithium Cycles Super 73 Scout

The Super 73 Scout by Lithium Cycles is an electric bicycle designed for people who hate electric bicycles. It’s been developed to look nothing…
Icon Variant Double Stack Helmet

The Icon Variant Double Stack Helmet is offered in a series of bold colours with minimal graphics, for those who prefer simpler styling when…