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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Porsche 356B Roadster
The Porsche 356B was the third generation of the iconic 356 model – Porsche’s first production car and the vehicle that would set their…
Donald Campbell’s Bluebird Helmet
Over the course of his too-short life, Donald Campbell broke 8 world speed records on both land and water in the 1950s and 1960s…
1981 Audi Quattro
The original Audi Quattro, retroactively named the Ur-Quattro, is almost certainly the most important vehicle ever manufactured by the German automaker. The Quattro name…
1969 Boss 429 Ford Mustang
The Boss 429 Ford Mustang was built specifically to allow Ford to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – the homologation requirement was…
Documentary: The Banger Boys
The Banger Boys is a 1976 documentary by New Decade Films, it covers the life and times of a group of “banger boys” –…
Graham Hill’s Griffin Clubman Helmet
Graham Hill is remembered as one of the most talented Formula One drivers of the 1960s and ’70s, he’s still the only driver to…
Lamborghini V10 Engine Coffee Table
The Lamborghini V10 was released in 2003 mounted in the Gallardo (later used in the Huracan and R8), it’s an aluminium-alloy engine with 4…
1968 Toyota Corona Hot Rod
The humble Toyota Corona isn’t a car that you’d usually associate with the Californian hot rod scene – the model was first introduced in…
Autodromo Stringback Driving Gloves
Driving gloves were and still are an essential piece of kit for any competitive driver, events like the original Mille Miglia would often stretch…
Triumph Bonneville by Analog Motorcycles
Editor’s Note: This article was written by Tony Prust of Analog Motorcycles. When possible we like to let garages tell the story of their…
Juan Manuel Fangio’s Steering Wheel
Juan Manuel Fangio is broadly remembered as the greatest racing driver of all time, his remarkable feat of winning the World Championship of Drivers…
The Super 73 Electric Bike
Electric vehicles have existed alongside steam and internal combustion engines as a way of moving people for well over 150 years, in fact the…