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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WWII in Colour – The Air War
WWII in Colour – The Air War is a one and a half hour documentary covering the use of aircraft throughout the Second World War,…
BMW R100RS Flat Tracker
The BMW R100RS is a motorcycle that was never really intended to be anything other than a grand tourer, the bike was fitted with…
Penton: The John Penton Story
Penton: The John Penton Story is an upcoming film due to be screened at the NYC Motorcycle Film Festival (September 24th to the 27th in Brooklyn), the…
1969 Ford Cortina Lotus Mk 2
The Ford Cortina Lotus Mk 2 was the successor to the highly acclaimed Lotus Cortina Mk 1 – a small British car that had…
E-Type Poster by Petrolified
Petrolified is a one-man operation run by Martin Miskolci, he made a name for himself with a poster design last year called the “Wall of…
The T-Dub Ski by Big Woodski
The first few hundred years of ski development took place on rudimentary wooden planks that were slowly shaped via trial and error into the form…
BMW Monolever Cafe Racer by Barn Luck
Barn Luck is a relatively new custom motorcycle garage that specialises in finding old motorcycles in sheds, garages, barns and sheds – then rebuilding…
Danner Light Timber Boot
The Danner Light Timber Boot is a traditional hiking boot with a waxed canvas side to improve airflow and avoid the dreaded swamp-foot. All…
1964 Shelby 289 Competition Cobra
The car you see here is a 1964 Shelby 289 Competition Cobra with the chassis #: CSX 2430 – it’s a Cobra with a…
DeLorean Chronology Poster
I’m yet to meet a person who doesn’t have a pronounced soft-spot for the Back to the Future film series, the movies launched the…
Music Hall MMF-2.2 Turntable
The MMF-2.2 Turntable by Music Hall is an audiophile-quality record player that can produce a class of sound from vinyl that many of us aren’t…
Etón Hand-Crank Two-Way Survival Radio
The Etón Hand-Crank Two-Way Survival Radio is a small communications system designed to be used during or shortly after earthquakes, as well as floods,…