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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Lamborghini Countach LP400S
The Lamborghini Countach LP400S represented the first notable tweak of the Countach since its initial introduction in 1971, the LP400S introduced a number of…
INR x Vanson Mojave Jacket
The Iron & Resin x Vanson Mojave Jacket is the result of a collaboration between the two American owned and operated companies, it’s designed…
Maria’s Yamaha SRV250
The Yamaha SRV250 was a hat tip to the classic cafe racer long before the modern resurgence of the genre, they essentially took the V-twin out…
Biltwell Gringo S Helmet
The Biltwell Gringo S Helmet is a new addition to the Gringo line of DOT standard retro full face helmets offered by the American…
Ducati 900SS by Old Empire Motorcycles
The Ducati 900SS is a motorcycle that’s rapidly becoming a bit of a modern classic, custom bike builders have been discovering the raw mechanical…
Ace Watch by Martenero
Martenero is a small New York-based watchmaking company that specialises in creating very clean timepieces designed for legibility and versatility, each of their watches…
An Original Austin-Healey 100S
The Austin-Healey 100S was a sports model personally developed by Donald Healey with an aluminium body, no soft top, a perspex windscreen, no overdrive…
Red Wing Heritage Blacksmith Boots
The Blacksmith Boots by Red Wing have been in production in one way or another for 108 years, they’re constructed to be as resilient as possible…
Motorcycle Jacket by Deus x Barbour
The Euripides Quilted Motorcycle Jacket is the result of a new collaboration between Deus Ex Machina and Barbour, aimed at bringing the 120 year…
1985 St. Petersburg Can-Am Race
The 1985 St. Petersburg Can Am race was the first and only Can-Am event held at the street circuit, the staggering amount of noise…
On Any Sunday Poster by Rustle of Silk
It’s been 43 years since Bruce Brown released his film On Any Sunday, it’s hard to know if he had any inkling how significant…
1989 Lamborghini LM002
I’ve always suspected that the Lamborghini LM002 was created in the ’80s by a design team headed by Schwarzenegger and Stallone with additional input…