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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For Sale: E.J. Premo’s Time Capsule-Like 1938 Camper Trailer
This is a camper trailer, or caravan, that was designed by General Motors Chief Engineer Elias J. Premo in 1938 so he could use…
For Sale: A 1004 BHP Chevrolet ZZ632/1000 Crate Engine
This is an unused Chevrolet ZZ632/1000 crate engine, as the model name implies it has a displacement of 632 cubic inches (10.35 liters) and…
The Stripper: A Dune Buggy That Converts Into A Sports Car
This is an original “Stripper” from Corsair Cars, it’s a 1970s-era dune buggy that could be quickly converted from a sand rail/dune buggy into…
A Self Help Book (With A Hidden Flask Inside)
This is the Self Help Book, so named because inside you’ll find no words whatsoever, just a hidden stainless steel hip flask, which can…
For Sale: A 6.8 Liter V10-Powered Ford E-350 4×4 Sportsmobile Camper
This Ford E-350 4×4 is powered by a 6.8 liter Triton V10 producing 305 bhp and 420 lb ft of torque. It was given…
A Transparent 1965 Ford Mustang K-Code 289 V8 With All Moving Parts Inside
This is a transparent Ford Mustang K-code V8 that is made up of over 200 individual parts, it can be assembled in 3-4 hours,…
Godfather Of The Mustang: The 1963 Ford Falcon Futura Sport
The 1963 Ford Falcon Futura Sport would be one of the cars that provided the mechanical underpinnings of the first Ford Mustang. Under the…
Kevin McCallister’s Toboggan From “Home Alone” Is For Sale
There are few scenes from the seminal holiday classic Home Alone that are more memorable than Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) riding a wooden toboggan…
For Sale: A 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone + Matching Motorcycle
This is a 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone with a 289 cubic inch V8 and a 4-speed manual transmission, it comes with a matching custom…
600 BHP: A Dodge Viper SRT-10 V10 Engine + 6-Speed Transmission
This is an 8.4 liter V10 engine that was pulled from a 2009 Dodge Viper SRT-10 along with its original six-speed manual transmission. It’s…
The Buick V8-Powered “Geoff Crossley Special” Is For Sale
This car is affectionately known as the “Geoff Crossley Special,” it was built by Geoff Crossley in England between 1968 and 1974, and it’s…
A Porsche 911T Type 911/07 Engine Assembly Project
This is the largely disassembled engine from a 1970 Porsche 911T. It’s a Porsche Type 911/07 flat-six and it comes with all the major…