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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1965 Chevrolet Corvette C2
1965 was the third year of production for the C2 Chevrolet Corvette, and it was also the year that disc brakes became standard equipment…
H.M.S. Cardiff Bell
A ship’s bell is a central focal point on board, it’s typically used to sound out the time but they’re also used in heavy…
MV Agusta 750 America
The MV Agusta 750 America is a motorcycle that was designed by Italians to meet a very specific American specification. By 1975 MV Agusta…
Schott 671 Easy Rider Jacket
The Schott 671 Easy Rider Jacket is modelled directly on the jacket worn by Peter Fonda in the cult classic 1969 film Easy Rider….
Henry Ford Wallpaper
Henry Ford is almost certainly one of the most influential men of the 20th century, his creation of an automobile that was affordable for the…
Documentary: Pluspy
Pluspy is a low budget 1987 film that many credit with launching the popular drifting scene in Japan, from there it caught on in…
Norton Model 18
The Norton Model 18 was the most advanced motorcycle ever built by the British marque when it was introduced in 1923. Unlike its forbears…
Droog Moto Concepts Honda CM400C Scrambler
Droog Moto Concepts is a new custom motorcycle garage based out of Arizona and run by an enterprising young guy named Max Droog –…
Hedon Hannibal Leather Face Mask
The Hedon Hannibal leather face mask is designed to protect motorcyclists faces from small debris and airborne particulates – which can be very useful…
Tamarit “Ronin” Triumph Scrambler
Tamarit Motorcycles is a Spanish custom motorcycle and parts company who have turned out some of the best looking and most usable Triumph Scramblers…
Ferrari F1/87 Cutaway Wallpaper
The Ferrari F1/87 gave the storied Italian marque its first back-to-back victories since 1981 – 6 years earlier. The car was so good towards…
1956 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
The Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz was originally introduced in 1953 as a limited-production luxury convertible alongside the Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta and Buick Roadmaster Skylark. The…