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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First Responder BoomCase
Each of the cases is rechargeable from any standard outlet and come with the required cables to plug your iPhone, iPod, Android phone etc into them, to create an instant party wherever you happen to be. This case is built into a vintage First Aid Kit, meaning it should be tough enough to survive Coachella, Glastonbury or a night out in the famous party town of Gomorrah.
Documentary: Never Start Something You Can’t Stop
This film, titled “Never Start Something You Can’t Stop” is the story of the John Wyer Gulf Oil Ford GT40 team, who went on to win the 1968 Le Mans.
Dainese Hybrid Impact Guard
This is the new Hybrid Impact Guard Vest by Dainese, it’s designed to be worn underneath your jacket whilst in the saddle and offers a significant boost in protection from impact and abrasion related injuries.
2013 Honda Grom
The brand new 2013 Honda Grom is one of the more exciting developments in the world of modern production motorcycles in recent memory, it’s a bike built purely for fun, it’s simple, it’s well made and it’s as cheap as chips. Well it’s $2,999 USD, so it’s as cheap as chips with some caviar and white truffle on them.
The Highwayman Jacket by Vanson Leathers
Vanson Leathers is a USA based company with seriously dedicated fanbase that stretches around the globe. Outside the continental USA, Vanson Jackets are worn by innumerable Japanese custom-Harley enthusiasts who prefer it for its road-rash-proof, 1.5mm thick, competition-weight leather construction.
The Cloudmaster DC-6
The Cloudmaster is a DC-6 born in June 1958 at Santa Monica, California. She was delivered new to Eagle Airways, the then major British independent airline, which itself was started during the Berlin Airlift 10 years earlier. After modification to the airline’s specifications the aircraft was registered G-APSA and began flying all over the world on commercial and military charters.
Executive Turntable by Crosley
The idea of owning a record player has largely fallen from the public consciousness over the past few decades, there is still a small number of people who prefer vinyl and because of this, companies like Crosley still make classic turntables.
Jaguar XK120 M Roadster
The 1954 Jaguar XK120 M Roadster was the US specification version of the famous XK Jaguar model, the 3.4 SE engine was an inline 6 cylinder capable of producing 180hp at 5300RPM. This power plant was advanced for the day and same basic engine design remained in production for decades after it was originally introduced.
MuzzleShot Shot Glass
The MuzzleShot is a shot glass machined from a block of billet heat-treated aluminium, each ‘glass’ has a 1.5 ounce capacity and offers a zero-flavour-transfer anodised finish. If you’ve been looking around for the perfect Father’s Day gift and your Dad is a fan of whiskey, firearms and engineering, this may very well be the perfect thing for him.
Lunar Rover Operations Handbook
The Lunar Rover Operations Handbook was standard issue to the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 crews – the date on the handbook listed here indicates that it was the first of the rover manuals as Apollo 15 left from Houston on July the 26th 1971.
Ride & Explore Tee by ODFU
ODFU is one of our favourite boutique motorcycle clothing companies, its founder is a friendly guy by the name of Kevin Wilson who like many of us, loves motorcycles. “ODFU” actually stands for “one down five up” – the transmission layout on a standard motorcycle.
Honda CB550 by Seaweed & Gravel
The CB550 was only produced between 1974 and 1978, its predecessor was the CB500 and it was succeeded by the CB650 all of these bikes were offered under the price point of the iconic CB750 and all of them seem to have developed their own groups of dedicated fans, many of them are finding a second wind as project builds with interesting and creative conversions to cafe racer/scrambler/tracker/Brat-style bikes.