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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Chevrolet Corvette L88 RED/NART Le Mans
I’m convinced that the third iteration of the Chevrolet Corvette, known informally as the C3, is one of the most beautiful cars to ever…
Iconic Racing Car Posters by Arthur Schening
Arthur Schening is an artist with a passion for vintage racing cars, we’ve featured his work on Silodrome before and it was hugely popular…
Triumph TR6 Tiger by Sartorie Meccaniche
The Triumph TR6 was introduced in 1956, and it would go on to be one of the most important and iconic British motorcycles of…
Suunto Elemenum Terra
The Suunto Elemenum Terra is a watch with capabilities far beyond the automatic Swiss timepieces we usually lust after, it has a built in…
4Style Leather Duffel Bag by Chivote
The new 4Style Duffel Bag by Chivote is designed to allow owners to wear it as a backpack, shoulder bag, messenger bag or handheld…
Seven by LC Fabrications
LC Fabrications is run by a quietly talented man by the name of Jeremy Cupp. Jeremy sends me an email every now and then…
Autodromo Driving Gloves
The glove compartment in most modern cars contains little more than a smattering of loose change, some dog-eared insurance documents and a half-eaten, long…
Ferrari F40 LM
The Ferrari F40 LM is almost certainly the most red-blooded example of what many consider to be the most red-blooded supercar ever made. Ferrari introduced…
Simpson Model 50 Helmet
The Simpson Model 50 Helmet is a re-issue of the iconic Simpson lid that graced the dirt ovals, drag strips and race tracks of…
Live And Drive The Indy 500
Live And Drive The Indy 500 is a delightfully retro look back at the Indy 500 through the lens of the late-1980s. I have…
Hudson-Powered American Racer
Pre-WWII motor racing is a passion of mine, and it’s a passion shared by many. There’s something approachable about the engineering that went into…
Norton Commando by NYC Norton
The Norton Commando is a motorcycle that probably shouldn’t have been as successful as it was. It was released in 1968 using a parallel…