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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The Magic Midget: MG Racing History
The Magic Midget is an early film from British Leyland about the MG Midget, a car that helped put MG on the map in…
Bluebird Wallpaper
On the 17th of July 1964, Donald Campbell shattered the world land speed record with an average speed of 403.10 mph (648.73 kph) across…
1934 Invicta 4½-Litre S-Type
Invicta was a pre-WWII British automobile company that didn’t survive the turmoil of the mid-20th century, it was a keen competitor with companies like…
Oto Cycles
Oto Cycles is a Barcelona-based boutique electric bicycle builder that is quickly making a name for itself, thanks to a tastefully designed model range made up of the…
1957 Chevrolet “Black Widow” Racer
The 1957 Chevrolet “Black Widow” is a car that was developed in the shadows of a looming ban on auto racing in the United…
Piston Table
The idea of using engines as the basis for furniture has probably existed since the first engine threw a rod and made itself an expensive…
Venier Customs Moto Guzzi California
The Moto Guzzi California is a motorcycle that should be significantly more famous than it actually is. The first California was released in 1971…
Provo River Fishing Co. Fly Fishing Wallet
Fly Fishing has been around for at least 2000 years, it was described by the Roman Claudius Aeolians in 200 AD, but there are indications…
1986 Ford RS200
The Ford RS200 rose from the ashes of the ill-fated Escort RS 1700T project – after a successful rally programme based around the earlier…
Onewheel Electric Skateboard
The Onewheel is an electric skateboard with a difference – it only has one wheel. Although the sharper amongst you may have surmised that…
Doryu 2-16 Gun Camera
The Doryu Camera Company developed two generations of pistol cameras for police and surveillance tasks – although exactly why the police would need a…
Land Rover Documentary: A 50 Year Adventure
Land Rover: A 50 Year Adventure is a comprehensive history of Land Rover from its humble beginnings to the modern day, and it manages…