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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Snowberger-Offy Indianapolis 500 Roadster
This beautiful 1950 Snowberger-Offy Indianapolis 500 Roadster was campaigned at the Indy 500 in both 1950 and 1950, it was also raced extensively on the USAC circuit in the early to mid ’50s. Her best ever finish was at the 1950 Pikes Peak Hillclimb where driver George Hammond brought her in 4th.
Zenith STOL CH 701
Zenith Aircraft Co. builds some of the toughest kit aircraft in the world, they’re relied on by pilots from Alaska to Africa to Australia and have become known as the “Jeep of the Skies” by the pilots who fly them.
Screamin’ Tee by Biltwell
Biltwell is a fantastic brand centred around moto culture, they’re based in California and sell a wide variety of custom motorcycle parts, gear, helmets and apparel.
Honda CB650 by Ugly Motorbikes
Ugly Motorbikes is a San Diego based custom motorcycle garage with a penchant for building exceedingly clean, light, classic café racers. This Honda CB650 is their latest creation, it’s been rebuilt from scratch into one of the more true to form cafe bikes we’ve seen in recent times and personally, I like it.
BMW R100/7 ‘Lucky 13’ by Blitz Motorcycles
They say good things come in threes, so with that in mind, here’s our third BMW motorcycle this week. Dubbed the ‘Lucky 13’ this BMW R100/7 is the latest build out of the garages of Blitz Motorcycles, a France based custom motorcycle garage with a penchant for cafe racers, scramblers and very unusual paint jobs.
Hot Rod Magazine
Hot Rod Magazine was established just after World War II in 1948 and has been publishing a monthly magazine dedicated to automotive tinkering non-stop since then. That’s a hell of a feat.
Crew Neck Jumper by Melanie James
The cashmere jumper (or “sweater” for our readers across the pond) is a fundamental wardrobe staple, it can be worn with jeans, cargos or a suit and has the added distinction of never, ever going out of style.
1929 Cord L-29 Special Coupe
This car, the 1929 Cord L-29 Special Coupe, is one of those motorised industrial design masterpieces that allows all people, regardless of their wheel-number-preference, to stand side by side with their mouths open. Before tentatively checking their wallets to see if they, by some miracle, have enough clams to bid on it.
Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli
Anyone who grew up in the ’60s, ’70s or ’80s and says they didn’t want to be just like Fonzi is either a liar, a miscreant or a woman. All these years later the “Fonzie Touch” is a still a popular term, used to describe the habit of hitting electrical equipment in order to make it work.
Brother Jacob Wallet by Deus Ex Machina
This leather and canvas wallet from Deus Ex Machina hits the clean-cut design nail squarely on the head and it’s…
Earl Grey by Urban Motor
Urban Motor is a relatively new garage based in Berlin, Germany. Headed up by a friendly chap by the name of Peter, Urban Motor has already produced 4 custom BMW motorcycles and 1 custom Moto Guzzi..
Easy Rider
Easy Rider is one of those films that defined a genre, it was released in 1969 and many people don’t know that it was actually written Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern.