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 Swedish-Made Morakniv Kansbol Survival Knife
This is the version of the highly-regarded Morakniv Kansbol knife that comes with a survival kit – this includes a diamond knife sharpener and…
Rare In The USA: There’s A 1979 Bianco S For Sale
This is a 1979 Bianco S, it’s a rare car in the United States and as a result many have never seen one before…
eBay Find: A 1450 BHP Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp Radial Engine
This is a WWII-era Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp radial engine that has just popped up for sale on eBay, in full running…
The Perfect G-Wagon For Sale? A V8-Swapped 1992 Mercedes-Benz 200GE
This is a 1992 Mercedes-Benz 200GE “G-Wagon” that benefits from the fitment of a 4.2 liter M116 V8 sourced from a 420SEC, producing to…
The Ellis Cowboy Bedroll: Made In Colorado
This is the Cowboy Bedroll from Ellis Canvas Tents, each is handmade in Colorado by Dave Ellis and his team, and it has risen to…
Camper Van Project: An Unusual 1962 Standard Atlas Pop-Top
This is the only Standard Atlas camper van we’ve ever featured on Silodrome, very few seem to be left in the world, and outside…
An Original 1983 “A-Team” Clapperboard Is Up For Grabs
This is a clapperboard from from the first season of the The A-Team that was filmed in 1983, starring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight…
For Sale On eBay: The Rare 1955 Le Gene Californian Roadster
This is one of four surviving examples of the Le Gene Californian Roadster, a low-production American sports car built in the mid-1950s with sleek…
For Sale: A Turbocharged Audi Inline-Five Coffee Table
This is the first inline-five coffee table we’ve ever written about on Silodrome, and it may very well be the last as this one…
The Ogle SX1000: A Rare British Sports Car With A Star Wars Connection
This is an Ogle SX1000, it’s a rare British sports car with just 66 made in total, sharing the same underpinnings as the Mini…
The Fire Starter By Gerber Gear – $19.99 USD
This is the self-contained Fire Starter by Gerber Gear, it’s a cylinder that unscrews to reveal a ferrocerium rod, a metal striker, and water-resistant…
LS4 V8-Powered! A 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 5-Speed
This is a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 that benefits from an engine swap – the original 130 bhp V6 has been replaced with a 303…