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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Dodge 330 Lightweight Max Wedge
The Dodge 330 Lightweight was developed by the iconic American automaker with a view to increasing their “competitive visibility”. The performance program was the brainchild…
Unibro Design V8 Lamp
Unibro Design is a boutique company based in Austria that specialises in upcycling vintage car parts into designer furniture. This unique twin-lamp uses the polished…
Harley-Davidson Big Twins – The Knucklehead
In the twenties and thirties overhead valve engines were well known to be more efficient and consequently more powerful than either side-valve engines or…
SIDI Arcadia Tex Motorcycle Boots
The new SIDI Arcadia Tex Boots are a further addition to the Italian company’s street-moto wear line – gear that’s designed to be safe…
Documentary: One Leap Ahead
One Leap Ahead is a documentary about Jaguar filmed in 1961 – a year that was significant, as it’s when the production of the…
1946 Oldsmobile ICON Derelict Coupe
The ICON Derelict series of cars are built by Jonathan Ward and his team in Los Angeles, California. Each Derelict has a patinated original…
Kustom Research Harley-Davidson Cafe Racer
The Harley-Davidson Sportster has been around since 1957 – making it the longest running Harley model ever. The original Sportsters were more similar to…
L-Dopa Design Ford Bronco Hoodie
The original Ford Bronco has become an iconic design and a highly collectible 4×4, its simple construction and legendary off-road ability have endeared it…
“King” Kenny Roberts’ Yamaha OW72 Flat Track Racer
The Yamaha OW72 looks remarkably similar to the Yamaha XS650 on which it’s based, but this similarity hides a staggering amount of engineering that…
Salty Old Bastard Flask
The Salty Old Bastard Flask is the work of The Sneerwell, a company based out of Denver, Colorado with a unique line of products….
1973 Triumph X-75 Hurricane
Historically speaking, the Triumph X-75 Hurricane is a genuinely significant motorcycle. Just 1,200 or so were built before production ended in 1973 due to…
Bulb Keo Nixie Tube Clock
The Bulb Keo is a modern nixie tube clock powered by USB and capable of displaying the time, date, temperature, and of acting as…