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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VSSL Survival Flashlight
VSSL took a standard camping flashlight and realised there was a lot of space to be saved by replacing the traditional bulb with a…
The Birth Of Lotus To The Caterham Seven
The Lotus Seven and its modern progeny, the Caterham Seven, are iconic motor cars on par with the Volkswagen Beetle, the Land Rover Defender,…
1972 Nissan Fairlady Z 432
The Nissan Fairlady Z 432 sits alongside other Japanese icons like the Toyota 2000GT and the original Nissan Skyline GT-R as seriously collectible and…
North Coast Shirt Jacket
The North Coast Shirt Jacket was created by Edgevale to be a perfect cross-over between a long sleeved shirt, and a light jacket. It’s…
Autodromo Group B Watch
Autodromo released the Group B Watch today as part of a collection inspired by the gold age of rally – an age that was characterised…
Honda CB550 by Lossa Engineering
The Honda CB550 is a motorcycle that sits in the shadow of its larger sibling, the Honda CB750. Anyone who’s ridden both models will…
Everyman Grafton Pen
The Grafton Pen is a new design by Everyman, an American company quickly making a name for themselves by producing EDC items developed to…
BMW 507 Roadster
The BMW 507 Roadster is very possibly the most beautiful car that almost killed its maker. The basic concept of the car had been suggested…
1949 Lucky Strike Spy Camera
Between 1949 and 1950 the Mast Development Company worked on a pair of spy cameras for the US Military, both of the prototypes were…
The 2,000,000th Land Rover
The story of Land Rover has been a remarkably long tale of success, during a time in which many lauded British automobile and motorcycle…
Black Arrow Wild & Free Women’s Motorcycle Jacket
The Wild & Free Motorcycle Jacket by Black Arrow is a recent release in the rapidly expanding demographic of women’s moto-wear, possibly the most…
Jerry Can Hip Flask
The Jerry Can Hip Flask is such a simple and obvious idea that I’m a little annoyed at myself for not having come up…