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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The Lindbergh Travel Trailer
The Lindbergh Travel Trailer is a remarkable piece of four-wheeled American memorabilia, there weren’t many Americans more famous than Charles Lindbergh in 1939 –…
1974 BMW 2002 Turbo
The BMW 2002 Turbo is a wonderful example of what can occur when serendipity happens to a couple of Germans who happen to work…
Asprey Pocket Knife & Game Counter
This ivory-handled Asprey pocket knife has a clever game counter and place finder built into its side – to ensure that the country gent…
The 1992 Baja 1000
There’s something about vintage Baja-style desert racing that is hugely appealing to me – the relative simplicity of the machinery and the fact that it…
Marion Olive Boot by Helm Boots
Helm Boots is a small company that takes pride in making all of their wares in the United States using classic American made Horween Chromexcel…
1951 BSA Star Twin Bonneville Racer
There’s something unusual about the salt flats at Bonneville, for some reason the sodium from this location in Utah inspires some of the most…
A Twist of the Wrist: The Basics of High-Performance Motorcycle Riding
The original version of the book A Twist of the Wrist: The Basics of High-Performance Motorcycle Riding quickly entered the essential reading list of…
1992 Vector W8 Twin Turbo
The Vector W8 Twin Turbo was first shown to the public in 1990, it totally electrified the global motoring press and provided the Americans…
The Trusco Toolbox
The Trusco Toolbox is an unusual thing to find outside of a Japanese garage, the company is legendary in its native country but almost…
Benelli 750 Sei
The Benelli 750 Sei is one of the more interesting motorcycles developed during the 1970s – which is actually rather impressive considering just how…
The Original Driving Shoe
The Original Driving Shoe was created in 1963, when the Italian government awarded the designer Gianni Mostile a patent for an an entirely new type of shoe…
1985 Land Rover Defender 90 TDi
1985 was just the second year of production for the Land Rover Defender 90 model, it was closely related to the short wheelbase Land…