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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A Fascinating Set Of Vintage Alfa Romeo Factory Blueprints
This is a set of 68 original Alfa Romeo factory blueprints, archive photos, and factory windscreen stickers that feature car and engine designs dating…
The Original Lola Race Car Moulds Are Up For Sale
This remarkable collection of original Lola race car moulds was bought directly from Lola founder Eric Broadley in 1990. The moulds were then used to…
Retro Buggy: A 1990 Honda Pilot FL400R
This is a Honda Pilot FL400R one-person ATV buggy from 1990, it’s powered by a 397cc two-stroke engine and its list of features and…
Incredible Restoration: A 1983 Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser Pick Up
This is a 1983 Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser, the FJ45 was the longer wheelbase version of the FJ40 that was also offered as a…
For Sale: A 1969 Shelby GT350 “SCCA B Production” Fastback
This 1969 Shelby GT350 has a remarkable story to tell, it was stolen shortly after it was delivered in 1969 and damaged. It was…
The Bow Drill Fire Starter Kit
This is the Bow Drill Fire Starter Kit from the team at Survival Frog, as you can see in the above image, it’s a…
Winter Weapon For Sale: A Jeep Cherokee On A Dominator Track System
This is a 2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4×4 that has a Dominator Track System installed, giving it impressive off road capability – particularly in…
1:2 Scale: An 8+ Foot Long Ferrari FXX-K Evo Wind Tunnel Model
This is an original factory wind tunnel model used during the development of the Ferrari FXX-K Evo, it’s 1:2 scale, so 50% of the…
A 1962 Amphicar: The Car That Is Also A Boat
The Amphicar is almost certainly the best-known amphibious car in history. Its development started in the years after WWII, it came to market in…
Made In Finland: A Saab 900 Turbo Go-Kart
This is a go-kart built by Lokari of Rauma, Finland in the 1980s. Its body is closely based on the Saab 900 Turbo, a…
A Rare 1967 Maserati Quattroporte Formula 1 “Fire Truck”
This is a 1967 Maserati Quattroporte that was carefully modified by the coachbuilder Grazia from Bologna into a firefighting pick up truck of sorts,…
1 Of 1: The 1947 Ford Super De Luxe Station Wagon 4×4 – “The Woodyator”
Known as “The Woodyator,” this vehicle is the only one of its kind in the world. It’s actually two vehicles in one, an original…