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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Nissan Skyline Cutaway Wallpaper

The Nissan Skyline GT-R is without question one of the most important sports cars ever to come out of Japan, I know there are…
BMW Scrambler by Officine Rossopuro

I’m not sure if I’m stuck in some kind of Baader-Meinhof loop, but I seem to be constantly discovering new BMW scramblers, and I…
NATO Royal Navy Sweater

The NATO Royal Navy Sweater is a staple of the British military, the Army has an olive green version that many people are more…
HRG 1500 WS Roadster

This 1953 HRG 1500 WS Roadster was the very first of the HRG cars to be fitted with the newer and more powerful Singer…
Wolfman Expedition Dry Duffel Bag

The Wolfman Expedition Dry Duffel Bag is a waterproof duffel designed for the kind of off road trips you usually only see on television,…
Building Bucephalus: An Interview With Loaded Gun Customs

Bucephalus is a motorcycle that lit up the web when it was introduced earlier this year, it was at once both familiar and entirely…
Weiss Field Watch

The Weiss Field Watch is the result of a cross-Continental collaboration led by Swiss-trained American watchmaker Cameron Weiss, the watch that bares his name…
A Custom Kawasaki W650 by Motovida

The Kawasaki W650 is a motorcycle that quickly earned itself a place amongst the modern breed of retro motorcycles with 21st-century engineering –…
Two Moto Co. Tee

Two Moto Co. was founded in 2011 by designer Seth Ferris, it’s a boutique company that specialises in selling low volume designs – like…
The Red Pig Print

The story of the Red Pig is one of those automotive legends that deserves its own feature film, for those unfamiliar with the story…
Relentless – Documentary

Relentless: The Global Formula Racing Pursuit of Perfection is a film from the Oregon State University covering their Formula SAE racing team, you may not…
Stereo Tube Amplifier Kit

Vacuum tube based amplifiers have been making a significant comeback over the past 10 years or so, they were ubiquitous before the invention of…