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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Plain City Poster by Rustle of Silk
Rustle of Silk is a boutique French company that still uses original silkscreening techniques to produce posters from the 1970s and before. Each poster…
Billie Joe Armstrong’s 1954 Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen Beetle is remembered as the single most prolifically produced automobile in history, factories around the world built over 21,500,000 of them between…
Wrench Motorcycle Helmet Rack
This helmet rack is the work of Those Once Loyal, a custom motorcycle garage run by a friendly guy called Lex. It’s based in…
Land Rover Series III Adventure Rig
The Land Rover is easily one of the most important and iconic vehicles of the 20th century. It’s believed that the first vehicle seen…
Morakniv of Sweden Bushcraft Survival Knife
The Bushcraft Survival Knife by Morakniv of Sweden was developed as an emergency fire starting solution for any climate. The magnesium fire starter stick…
Stylmartin Rocket Boots
The new Stylmartin Rocket Boots have been developed to look just like the boots worn by the Ton Up Boys outside the Ace Cafe…
Joey: The Man Who Conquered The TT
Joey Dunlop was an Irishman who became a global motorcycling phenomenon. largely due to his performances at the most dangerous race in the world…
An Original 1974 BMW 2002 Turbo
The BMW 2002 Turbo was the fastest version of the iconic 2002 model – which was arguably the car that launched BMW to the…
OMP Le Mans Race Suit
The OMP Le Mans Race Suit was developed to look very similar to the suits worn by the big names in Formula One and…
Iso Rivolta IR 300
At the 1962 Torino Auto Show the Iso Rivolta IR 300 was first introduced, and an entirely new chapter in the history of Iso…
The Official Han Solo Jacket
This official Han Solo Jacket by Matchless is part of their new Star Wars Capsule Collection – far from being a cheap copy to appease…
1978 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser
The Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser and the Land Rover did battle for sales dominance across Africa, Australia, South America and Asia throughout the 1960s,…