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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Brass Balls Cycles F3 Rocketeer
The Brass Balls Cycles F3 Rocketeer is a limited production motorcycle based directly on the initial prototype that won the AMD World Championships of…
Icon Merc Stealth Jacket
The Icon Merc Stealth Jacket has a subtle design that conceals a full assortment of D3O body armor in the elbows, shoulders, and back, as well…
Barn Find: 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster
The Porsche 356 Speedster was developed at the request of influential automobile importer Max Hoffman, who saw a gap in the US market for…
1948 Lincoln Continental Club Coupe
The 1948 Lincoln Continental holds the distinction of being the last American made production car to be fitted with a V12, in the post…
The MoBed – A Motorcycle Mounted Tent
The MoBed is a motorcycle mounted tent designed to get you up off the ground away from the bugs and snakes, and its makers…
1963 APAL-Porsche 1600GT
The APAL-Porsche 1600GT is a rare Belgian-built sports car from the 1960s that used a VW Beetle floorpan, a Porsche 356 engine (Type 616/7),…
Piloti Competizione Driving Boots
The Competizione Driving Boots by Piloti are designed to be a slightly more casual-looking take on the boots worn by professional racing drivers. That…
1932 Lincoln Model KB Boattail Speedster
The Lincoln Model KB Boattail Speedster was never a production model for the Ford-owned luxury marque, in fact the Speedster wasn’t made in a…
Rebel Yell Single Barrel Bourbon
Rebel Yell Single Barrel Bourbon is the cornerstone whiskey of the distillery that’s been making America’s own spirit since 1849. During Prohibition, the distillery…
Land Rover Series IIA
Many Land Rover historians consider the Series IIA to be the best of the Series models, it exists in a Goldilocks zone between refinement…
Schott Perfecto Irving Jacket
The original Schott Perfecto Jacket was introduced in the 1940s, it was initially known as the One Star, and it shot to fame when…
5 Minute Histories: Ducati Monster
Introduction Miguel Galluzzi, the creator of the Monster, once said “In the mind of a motorcyclist you need a gas tank, a seat and…