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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1952 Ferrari F2 Oil Tank
This Ferrari oil tank was originally fitted to the yellow Ecurie Francorchamps Number 0208 car campaigned by Jacques Swaters and Charles de Tornaco during…
1987 Aston Martin V8 Vantage ‘X-Pack’
Introduced in 1977, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage was one of the fastest street legal cars in the world – and it was almost…
Dainese Heston Leather Jacket
The Dainese Heston Leather Jacket is a new release from the Italian company for 2016, it’s been designed as a low profile jacket but…
Honda Research & Development CB500R Racer
The 1970s were heady days for the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, they were taking on the established players in the United States, Germany, Italy and…
Sinn 6099 Chronograph
Sinn Spezialuhren GmbH started out in 1961 as a manufacturer of high-precision aircraft chronographs and instruments, it wasn’t long before they ventured into wristwatch…
1973 BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile
The BMW 3.0 CSL became known affectionally as the “Batmobile” thanks to a series of aerodynamic enhancements that had been developed for the coupe…
OMP Carrera High Driving Boots
The new OMP Carrera High Driving Boots are specifically designed for those who race and rally in vintage or retro motor cars – or…
Ronnie Peterson: 1975 Documentary
Editor’s Note: The original documentary was deleted, but we’ve added in an Italian one above. You can turn on auto translate by clicking the…
1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra
In the mid-60s the Corvettes were rapidly catching the Cobras, Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles knew they had to add significant horsepower to the…
5 Gallon Copper Moonshine Still
Moonshine has been going through a bit of a revival in recent years, the proliferation of affordable copper stills has certainly helped, and it’s…
The Entombed 1954 Chevrolet Corvette
The “Entombed” Corvette has been a bit of a celebrity in Chevrolet circles for the better part of 40 years, it was entombed inside…
Paris-Dakar Veteran: 2007 KTM 660 Rallye
KTM have won the motorcycle class of the Paris-Dakar every year since 2001, one of the most significant winning streaks in the history of…