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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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…
The Ladies of the Australian Underworld
The Forensic Photography Archive is a collection of over 130,000 images taken in the 1910s through to the 1960s in jails and police stations…
Confederate Wraith
The Confederate Wraith has been described as a 21st century board tracker, with a little cafe racer thrown in for good measure. The revolutionary…
Dainese Ellis Gloves
The new Dainese Ellis Gloves feature 100% goatskin leather construction, a material that’s becoming a more and more popular for use in motorcycle gear…
1939 Indian Scout Factory Hill Climber
This is 1 of just 18 hillclimbers produced by Indian for racing purposes in 1938/39, it’s tuned to run on pure alcohol through its Linkert…