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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A Japanese-Style Tanto Knife Made From A Railroad Spike
This is an American railroad spike that’s been hand-forged by the blacksmiths at Northern Cresent Iron into a Japanese-style tanto knife with a 4.5″…
A Rare 1970 MkII Manta Ray Beach Buggy
This is one of the few surviving examples of the Manta Ray Beach Buggy, it’s a MkII variant from 1970 with a design based…
Sunski Couloir: Sunglasses With Removable Magnetic Side Shields
These are the Sunski Couloir sunglasses, each pair comes with a set of removable magnetic side shields designed to protect you from glare reflected…
For Sale: A Recently Built Range Rover Dakar Rally Racer
This is a 1980 Range Rover V8 that was painstakingly rebuilt into a competitive rally car by Roberto Rettani – an experienced race car…
1980 Ford Pinto “Cruising Wagon” Rallye Pack 4-Speed
This is a 1980 Ford Pinto “Cruising Wagon” with the rare Rallye Pack option and a 4-speed manual transmission. These wagons are hard to…
Ex-Steve Perry Of “Journey”: A 1987 Harley-Davidson Softail Custom
This 1987 Harley-Davidson Softail Custom was bought new off the showroom floor by Steve Perry, best-known as the frontman and lead singer of rock…
Warehouse Discovery: The 1968 Kershaw “Cruiseaire” Toronado Limousine
This is the Kershaw “Cruiseaire,” it was built in 1968 on the chassis of an Oldsmobile Toronado as a new kind of limousine and/or…
The 30″ Cowboy Fire Pit Grill
This is the 30″ Cowboy Fire Pit Grill from the team at Barebones, it was developed as an all-in-one cooking station for camping trips…
Retro Adventure Wagon: A 1973 Toyota Hilux Chinook Camper 4×4
This is a 1973 Toyota Hilux Chinook that’s been converted into a retro pop-up camper with a four-wheel drive conversion, a 5.3 liter Vortec…
Aircraft Hangar Find: A 1963 Chevrolet Corvette 4-Speed
This 1963 Chevrolet Corvette is now being offered for sale on eBay after spending many years sitting under a layer of dust at the…
For Sale: A Ford Escort Mk 2 RS1800 Homage Display
This is a Ford Escort Mk 2 RS1800 display based on the car driven by Roger Clark in 1975. It contains a Minilite-style wheels…
The Harley-Davidson MT500: Harley’s Rare 1990s Military Bike
This is a Harley-Davidson MT500 from 1999, it has just 8 miles on the odometer, and (arguably) it is still the toughest off road…