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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Street-Legal Racer: A Rare Holden Torana LC GTR-XU1
This is an original Holden Torana LC GTR-XU1, and if you’re not from Australia or New Zealand, you may never have seen one before….
The Who: Roger Daltrey’s Epiphone PR-5E Guitar – $1,300+ USD
This Epiphone PR-5E is an acoustic electric guitar that was owned by Roger Daltrey of The Who and used by him on the band’s tour…
The Seventy2® Survival System – A 21st Century Survival Kit
This is the Seventy2® Survival System, it’s a fully-loaded backpack that’s designed to keep you alive for a minimum of 72 hours – the…
Project Car Pandemonium: A Corvette Tahoe 4×4 – $4,250 USD
This car is a project in every sense of the word, it’s the unfinished (and possibly unholy) combination of a C3 Corvette fitted to…
An Alpha Shell “Egg Chair” Custom-Made By EMI For The Beatles
This unusual Alpha Shell “Egg Chair” is believed to have been made by EMI for the members of The Beatles. Another example can be…
15 Miles From New: A Pristine 1979 Datsun 280ZXR
This is one of the 1,009 examples of the 1979 Datsun 280ZXR that were built, and remarkably this car has covered just 15 miles…
Jägermeister x Porsche M28 V8 Engine Coffee Table
This is a Porsche M28 V8-based coffee table that was built with Jägermeister branding. It sits on six swiveling caster wheels and the original…
For Sale: A 1962 Willys Jeep “Forward Control” FC-150
This is a Willys Jeep “Forward Control” FC-150, a vehicle styled by celebrated industrial designer Brooks Stevens and based on the same chassis as…
A Collection Of Original Factory Bertone Blueprints
This is a rare collection of original factory technical master blueprints from Bertone, one of the most important and influential Italian automotive design houses…
Project Car For Sale: A 1988 Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV
This 1988 Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV was rescued from long term storage recently, its former owner kept it for 35 years in largely original…
The New Vero Impulse Thin EDC Pocket Knife
This is the Vero Impulse Thin EDC pocket knife, it’s a new design from Vero Engineering – a company founded by American design engineer…
A Rare Turbocharged + AWD 1988 Italdesign Aztec
This is the Italdesign Aztec, it’s believed that just 18 were made, each was powered by a turbocharged Audi Quattro engine sending its 250…