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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eBay Project Car: A 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1
This 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 is being sold on eBay as a running and driving project car. It’s in matching-numbers original condition throughout…
A Bill Thomas Cheetah Clone x Corvette Crossbreed
This unusual looking vehicle is an amalgam of sorts, a crossbreed between the legendary Bill Thomas Cheetah and a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette – and…
The New Unimatic Modello Uno U1S-PD5 – Made In Italy
This is the newly released Unimatic Modello Uno U1S-PD5, it’s the Italian watchmaker’s most robust dive watch to date, with a depth rating of…
Rare Factory V8: 1991 Land Rover Defender 110 Pick Up Truck
This is a 1991 Land Rover Defender 110 Pick Up, it’s already one of the rarer Defender variants but this example takes it one…
Stephen Chelsea Boot By Tricker’s – The Oldest Shoemaker In Britain
This is the Stephen Chelsea Boot by Tricker’s, a shoemaker that was established back in 1829. They’ve also been King Charles’ go-to boot makers…
Last Of The 1970s Trans Ams: A 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T-Top
This is a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am finished in Heritage Brown with a Camel interior and power provided by the factory-fitted 403 cubic inch…
The EMI TG12345 MkI Recording Console Used By The Beatles
This is the EMI TG12345 MkI recording console that was used by The Beatles and many other artists at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios. It’s…
Found 37 Years After Being Stolen! A 1968 Chevrolet Corvette 4-Speed
This 1968 Chevrolet Corvette has an incredible story behind it, it was stolen from Alan Poster, its first owner, in New York City in…
The Mountain Belt By Craft & Lore – Made In The USA
This is the Mountain Belt from the team at Craft & Lore, each is made from Hermann Oak’s Old World Harness leather and comes…
Johnny Carson’s 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 5-Speed Is For Sale
This 5-speed 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 was bought new by legendary comedian and host of the “The Tonight Show” Johnny Carson. Carson was a friend…
For Sale: A Mercedes-Benz AMG V8 Engine Coffee Table
This coffee table was made using a supercharged V8 Mercedes-Benz AMG engine, specifically the Mercedes-Benz M113 from the late-1990s into the 2000s. Versions of…
For Sale: A Lamborghini Countach From “The Wolf of Wall Street”
This is one of two examples of the Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition that were used in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf…