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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Custom Speedometer Collection
In the build up to this year’s The One Motorcycle Show, Seattle Speedometer and Pen & Screen Printing Co. joined forces with a slew…
The Lotus C-01 Motorcycle
The Lotus C-01 motorcycle is a new design from Daniel Simon, the man responsible for unique automotive designs for companies from Seat, to…
The Tennyson Leather Notebook
The art of writing by hand has been largely forgotten in the modern age, which seems like a shame really as humans have been…
Iso Grifo 7 Liter
This 1974 Iso Grifo 7 Liter is a bit of a celebrity in the world of Iso Rivolta, it’s officially the last one…
Longines Telemeter Chronograph
The classic telemeter chronograph wristwatch isn’t quite as common now as it used to be, for the uninitiated the red dial on the…
Backpack by Oil & Blood
Oil & Blood is a small gear manufacturer based in Las Vegas, it’s owned and operated by Steve Carter and Luke Andrews, two native…
1935 Amilcar Type G36 Roadster
Every now and then a car like this pristine 1935 Amilcar Type G36 Boattail Roadster comes up for auction with an estimated hammer…
Jaguar F1 Cufflinks
These matching cufflinks have been crafted from twin bolts used to retain the crank within the engine block on an original Formula 1 car…
Ipothesys by Filippo Barbacane
The motorcycle you see here is called “Ipothesys”, it’s officially labelled “Prototypo 1” and it’s the first in a limited edition of bikes that…
Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual
With the recent news that the upcoming Star Wars film is going to feature appearances from Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and possibly…
Niki Lauda Explains Formula 1 – 1985
This film, titled Niki Lauda Explains Formula 1, is a 1985 documentary that explains the F1 cars and technologies of the era. It’s a…
#14 Airship by Alberto Santos-Dumont
The #14 Hybrid Airship by Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first recorded attempt at combining a fixed wing aircraft with an airship, the above image…