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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Ferrari 250 GTO by Unique & Limited
Unique & Limited is a company that chooses exceptional moments from racing history, and painstakingly recreates them. These images are all from their series…
James Bond / Skyfall Honda CRF250R
This is the Honda CRF250R from the opening sequence of the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall. It was modified to look like a Turkish…
Original “Alcohol Is Poison” Prohibition Poster
This original 1930s-era “Alcohol Is Poison” prohibition poster has been remarkably well preserved and is now framed under UV plexiglass for protection. Including its…
Porsche 597 Jagdwagen 4×4
The Porsche 597 Jagdwagen is a 4×4 developed by the German marque in 1953 as a prototype for tender to the German Army, as…
BoomBarrel
The BoomBarrel by BoomCase is a self-contained sound system in a small barrel. Internally it has a 50 Watt amplifier, a lithium-ion battery offering…
Vanguard Moto Guzzi V8
The original Moto Guzzi V8, otherwise known as “the Otto”, was developed in the mid-1950s by Dr Giulio Cesare Carcano for the Moto Guzzi…
Belstaff Streamliner 400 Wax Jacket
The Belstaff Streamliner 400 was developed to commemorate Guy Martin and Triumph working together to set a new world motorcycle speed record of 400…
The Helmet Art Of Hello Cousteau
This collection of helmet art is the work of Nuno Henriques and his boutique brand Hello Cousteau. Nuno is an accomplished interior designer and avid…
Chopper Pilot: Learning To Fly A Helicopter
This Vietnam War era educational film was produced by the Army Pictorial Center in the 1960s, likely due to the need to train a…
1914 Flying Merkel
The Flying Merkel is a motorcycle remembered today as one of the most important engineering achievements of the formative years of motorcycle development. Designed…
Desktop Wallpapers: The Automotive Photography of Blair Bunting
Blair Bunting is an Emmy nominated photographer who decided to try his hand at automotive photography because of his own love of cars, and…
1972 Lamborghini Jarama GT
The Lamborghini Jarama is possibly the least well-known of all the models produced by the Italian marque since it started automobile production in 1964….