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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Resurgence Rocker Jacket
The Rocker Jacket by Resurgence is a new release by the company featuring their ground-breaking PEKEV™ fabric, which has been CE-certified EN13595-1 Level 2…
Škoda Popular Sport “Monte Carlo” Wallpaper
Škoda is an automobile manufacturer that we don’t generally associate with ground-breaking design, but over the 120 year history of the Czech automobile manufacturer’s…
Supercharged: The Grand Prix Car – Documentary
Supercharged: The Grand Prix Car is a slightly older documentary about some of the greatest years in Grand Prix racing – the 1924 to…
The Amazing Brennan Helicopter
The Brennan Helicopter was the brainchild of British inventor Louis Philip Brennan, a man who had been fascinated with the concept of the helicopter…
Dr Frankenstein BoomCase
The Dr Frankenstein BoomCase is a one-off design by the talented team at BoomCase, it has twin rare BIC SoundSpan TPR-200 Omni-directional speakers and two…
Stormproof Match Kit
This waterproof cylinder is designed to contain 40 stormproof matches and carry 6 spare strikers, it also floats in both fresh and saltwater. The…
Porsche 944 Turbo
The Porsche 944 Turbo was the pinnacle of 944 development, which itself had started with an ill-fated agreement between Porsche, VW and Audi to…
Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy Mascot
The iconic Spirit of Ecstasy mascot has been fitted to Rolls-Royce motor cars since 1911, prior to this the cars had no mascot fitted…
Yamaha SR250 Tracker
The humble little Yamaha SR250 is a motorcycle that lives in the shadow of its larger and far more famous brother – the Yamaha…
Dainese Harrison Leather Jacket
The Dainese Harrison Leather Jacket is a classically styled motorcycle jacket with all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a much more modern-looking…
Ferrari 250 LM
The Ferrari 250 LM was one of Enzo Ferrari’s first dalliances with mid-engine configured cars – he had stubbornly persisted with front mounted V12…
Jaguar XJR-9 Poster
Heritage Racing is a boutique racing art company run by the father and son team of Jeff and Casey Maciejewski, all of their work…