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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1968 Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada Alloy
The story of the Bizzarrini 5300 GT reads like a political thriller set in ancient Rome – there was intrigue, deception, political posturing and…
Chamber BMX Bike by Mongoose
I don’t know about your childhood, but much of mine was spent in the saddle of a BMX bike riding around the neighbourhood and…
1971 Indianapolis 500
The 1971 Indianapolis 500 had what is almost certainly the most unexpected and startling beginning of any race in American history. I won’t go…
Hidden Warbirds II
Hidden Warbirds II is the much anticipated follow-up to the hugely popular book Hidden Warbirds by aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico. This new book is…
Contatempo Scuderia Dashboard Collection
The Contatempo Scuderia Dashboard Collection is a series of Swiss watches designed to evoke the spirit of the original analog dashboard gauges from the…
Moto Art by Francis Ooi
Francis Ooi is the creative director of an advertising agency based in Singapore – a city-state famous for its sterile cleanliness, great chilli crab…
BMW R80-7 Scrambler
The BMW R80/7 was produced between 1977 and 1984 in reasonably significant numbers, the boxer twin is widely considered to be one of the…
Charts To Begin A Journey To The Moon
“Charts To Begin A Journey To The Moon” is a collection of 3 Apollo 11 era NASA charts used by the astronauts in the…
Formula One Speaker Dock
The Formula One Speaker Dock you see above is made from an actual retired right manifold pulled off one of the previous generation V8…
1982 Mirage M12 Prototype
The 1982 Mirage M12 Group C Sports Prototype is a car that was at the very centre of one of the most controversial disqualifications…
#02 Black Iron Lamp
Classic Edison bulbs like the one used in this lamp throw off an amber light that’s an order of magnitude more pleasing to the…
Lamborghini Rat Rod
The slightly unusual car you see here is the answer to a debate that was had between Pawel Wisniewski and his friend Jans Slapins,…