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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Kevin McCallister’s Toboggan From “Home Alone” Is For Sale
There are few scenes from the seminal holiday classic Home Alone that are more memorable than Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) riding a wooden toboggan…
For Sale: A 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone + Matching Motorcycle
This is a 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone with a 289 cubic inch V8 and a 4-speed manual transmission, it comes with a matching custom…
600 BHP: A Dodge Viper SRT-10 V10 Engine + 6-Speed Transmission
This is an 8.4 liter V10 engine that was pulled from a 2009 Dodge Viper SRT-10 along with its original six-speed manual transmission. It’s…
The Buick V8-Powered “Geoff Crossley Special” Is For Sale
This car is affectionately known as the “Geoff Crossley Special,” it was built by Geoff Crossley in England between 1968 and 1974, and it’s…
A Porsche 911T Type 911/07 Engine Assembly Project
This is the largely disassembled engine from a 1970 Porsche 911T. It’s a Porsche Type 911/07 flat-six and it comes with all the major…
The Triumph Bonneville “Type 5” Reverie Street Scrambler
This is the Triumph Bonneville “Type 5” by Reverie, an Italian custom motorcycle workshop that also customizes classic electric guitars and vintage amplifiers. The…
Honda Motocompo: A Folding Scooter That Fits In Your Trunk
This is an original Honda Motocompo, it’s a road-legal motor scooter that can fold down to fit neatly in your trunk. It’s powered by…
Ever Seen One Before? There’s A Rare L’Automobile Ventura For Sale
This is an original L’Automobile Ventura from the 1980s, it’s the first one we’ve ever featured on Silodrome due to its rarity, and it’s…
The BioLite CampStove 2+ – An Electricity Generating Camp Stove
This is the BioLite CampStove 2+, it’s a cleverly designed camp stove that harnesses the heat of your fire to generate electricity and charge…
Mikael Persbrandt’s Rare Oldsmobile 442 W30 Is For Sale
This is a 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W30 that was imported into Sweden and bought by Mikael Persbrandt as a 60th birthday present for himself….
For Sale: A NASA Supersonic Ramjet “Scramjet” Wind Tunnel Test Model
This is a 10 foot 4 inch high NASA-built wind tunnel test model that was produced as part of one of the first major…
eBay Garage Find: A One-Owner 1987 Toyota Supra
This is possibly a once-in-a-lifetime find for anyone seeking a low-mile, bone-stock, 80s-era Toyota Supra that has remained in one family ownership from new….