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 Fiberfab Caribee: A Little-Known American Gullwing Coupe
This is a 1960s-era Fiberfab Caribee, an unusual American sports car designed by Russell and Chris Beebe. Just 12 of these are said to…
The Original .50 Cal Ammo Can Speaker: 100% Handmade By Veterans
This is the original .50 Cal Ammo Can Speaker from the team over at Thodio. Though there are many replicas of this design, the…
The 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado From The “Willie Dynamite” Movie
This is the 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado that was memorably used throughout the 1973 film Willie Dynamite. It was also used in the 1973…
eBay Find: A Gigantic 9.3 Liter Lamborghini Marine L900 V12 Engine
It’s not every day you stumble across an unused Lamborghini Marine L-900 V12 on eBay, but fortunately today is one such day. This is…
1 Of 2 Survivors: A Rare 1965 Vauxhall Viva HA Brabham GT
This is one of just two surviving examples of the 1965 Vauxhall Viva HA Brabham GT, a rare period competitor for the far more…
The Lego Indiana Jones™ Fighter Plane Chase Set – $64.90 USD
This is the Lego Indiana Jones™ Fighter Plane Chase Set, it allows both young and old to recreate the famous chase scene from Indiana…
Retro Classic: 1995 Polaris Indy XLT Special 600 Snowmobile
This is an astonishingly original Polaris Indy XLT Special 600 from 1995 that is showing just 26 miles from new. It remained with its…
The 80s Motorcycle That Helped Save BMW Motorrad: The BMW K100RS
This is a remarkably original 1987 BMW K100RS that has accrued just 4,600 miles from new, 3,200 of which were added since 2022. It’s…
America’s Forgotten (Lamborghini-Based) Supercar: The Vector M12
The Vector M12 has one of the most fascinating back-stories of any American car ever made. It was produced after a hostile takeover of…
Classic Home-On-Wheels: An Airstream Bambi 16′ Travel Trailer
This is an Airstream Bambi 16′ Travel Trailer that was made in 2021. It’s just about the smallest Airstream money can buy but that…
The Swedish Ute: A Unique 1973 Volvo 1800ES Pickup Conversion
This highly unusual Volvo 1800ES pickup conversion was built over a period of decades using some additional parts sourced from a scrap Subaru BRAT…
The Bristol Beaufighter – An Unusual Turbocharged V8
This is one of very few examples of the Bristol Beaufighter that were made, possibly just 29 left the factory, all fitted with a…