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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Steam Punk Balloon
This wonderfully obscure map of the Middle East during the Tanakh Period has been modified with a steam punk flying machine screen printed over it.
Triumph Thunderbird – Baby Mine Dragbike
Every now and then a motorcycle like this, the Triumph Thunderbird 650cc Baby Mine Dragbike, pops up for sale at an auction, this invariably leads to people like you and me questioning which organs we really need and how much we could feasibly get for the superfluous ones on the black market.
Burt
If the above certificate means nothing to you, then you don’t know who Burt Munro is. Not knowing who Burt is is an offence that’ll get you tarred and feathered around this part of the internet.
Handmade Copper Cup – The “Garage Mug”
This handmade copper cup is just about the perfect “garage mug”, it’s made by a craftsman in a small factory, by a company that has specialized in tin and copper kitchenware items for over 200 years.
The Hindenburg & The Empire State Building – 1936
This stunning photograph of the Hindenburg floating past the Empire State Building in 1936 was just too stunning not to share, it’s quite a high resolution image so if you click it you’ll be better able to see the details.
Ruby Castel Full Face Helmet
We featured the new Ruby full face Castel helmets a couple of months ago, since then we’ve grown even more fond of them.
Low Pass
We’re not entirely sure where this fantastic photograph is from, we’re assuming it’s a behind the scenes shot from a war film but if you know more than we do, please let us know…
Bamboo Longboard by Gold Coast Skateboards
Despite what your mother, girlfriend, wife or Aunty Phillis tell you, you’re never too old to have fun on a skateboard.
Yamaha TW200 Custom
This brilliant Yamaha TW200 custom is the work of art director and designer Joao Alves of somosEstudio.
iPhone Case by Station Supply Co.
These fantastic iPhone cases are each made by hand from retired firehoses by the Station Supply Co., due to this each one has slightly different markings and no two are exactly alike.
Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone by The Wrenchmonkees
The Wrenchmonkees have a knack for producing the kind of motorcycles that are fantastically alternative, yet at the same time have an almost universal appeal.
British Army Knife
The British Army Knife was standard issue equipment for British military personnel for decades, the knife pictured here was designed to withstand anything a soldier might encounter on any given day, in any given part of the empire.