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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1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 10th Anniversary Edition
The second generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is a car that many seem to either love or hate, it was made an icon thanks…
The 1959 Norton-JAP Sprinter “Thor”
The Norton Featherbed frame and JAP motorcycle engine were amongst the most important British motorcycle developments of the 20th century – although they very rarely…
Icon 1000 Advokat Backpack
The new Advokat Backpack is part of the new 2016 Icon 1000 collection, it’s a backpack specifically designed for motorcyclists and has padded shoulders…
Alpine A110
The story of Alpine and their 110 is one of the great David vs Goliath tales of 20th century motor racing. In 1973 the…
Pikes Peak Wallpaper
Pikes Peak, Walter Röhrl, and Audi Sport Quattro S1 are three names that’ll send chills up the spine of any racing enthusiast. Combine them…
1966 Porsche 911 ‘SWB’ Rally Car
The Porsche 911 is famous for countless things, but there are many who are unaware of the model’s early rallying dominance in some of…
Dainese Strokeville Jeans
It’s genuinely astonishing how much choice there is now in the Kevlar jeans section of most motorcycle gear stores. This new pair by Dainese…
1966 Fiat-Abarth 1000 TC Corsa
The racing exploits of the Abarth versions of the little Fiat 600 became legendary throughout the 1960s, the Austrian born Carlo Abarth seemed capable…
Norton Commando Leather Jacket
The Norton Commando is a motorcycle that needs no introduction, it sits on the top 10 list of many motorcycling journalists and anyone who’s…
The Automotive Art of Gregory Johnston
Gregory Johnston is an artist with a deep passion for the golden era of European motorsports, for this collection he chose to use the…
The Story of the Shelby Cobra Daytona – Told by Pete Brock
Pete Brock is one of the icons of American automotive engineering, he’s probably most famous for designing the Shelby Cobra Daytona but he also…
1931 Stutz DV-32 Convertible Victoria
The Stutz DV-32 was fitted with what was likely the most technologically advanced car engine in America during the early 1930s. Whilst all the…