Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, 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 millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
The Guiberson 1020 series is a radial diesel engine design that was used in both aircraft and tanks in the 1940s, it was a development of the Guiberson A-918 and A-980 engines from the 1930s,…
The Safari 400 is a kit built helicopter that many owners build in their garage or shed over approximately 500 hours using only hand tools – all the welding and fabrication is done before the…
This is the new Maestro Tool Roll by Shanghai Customs, it comes fully equipped with a set of chrome vanadium double ended spanners, a chrome vanadium Allen key set, a chrome vanadium ratchet set, a…
This is the new CCM Spitfire Six, it’s the newest offering from British motorcycle maker CCM, short for Clews Competition Motorcycles, and just 300 of them are going to be made with prices starting at…
This is the new El Paso Duster Jacket by Fuel Motorcycles, it comes in both long and short versions, and it’s designed to be a heavy duty oilskin outer layer suitable for a wide variety…
This is the Tamiya Honda City Turbo R/C, it was originally released all the way back in 1983 as “Willy”s Wheeler” to celebrate the release of the full sized Honda City Turbo which first went…
This is the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Owner’s Workshop Manual by Haynes, it’s an essential reference book for any SR-71 owner and it makes a good read for those of us who can’t quite afford the…
The Zundapp K800 was one of the most advanced motorcycles of its age, it’s powered by a flat-4 unit construction engine with a 4-speed gearbox and a shaft drive to the rear wheel. The frame…
When the team at Rotate North decided to make a watch they chose to start with one of the most resilient types possible – the dive watch. Although dive watches typically have a more minimalist…
No article about the Lotus 7 can be written without mentioning the clever way in which Colin Chapman and his team at Lotus got around British tax law. You see, there was a not inconsiderable…
Enamel mugs have been in use for countless decades and they’re still popular today for their ruggedness and low weight. Enamelled has been in use for thousands of years, the Ancient Egyptians were the first…
“Honda CB750 – The Birth of the Superbike” is a new short film from the team at Brightside Media, it gives a look back at one of the most important motorcycles of the 20th century…
