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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eBay Find: An 1888 Daimler Airship Cockpit – $24,000 USD
This is an exact replica of the 1888 Daimler Airship cockpit/gondola, featuring an engine, two propellers, and the controls, all contained in a structure…
A 1944 Willys Jeep Used In “Saving Private Ryan” – $22,000+ USD
This WWII-era 1944 Willys Jeep is being offered for sale by TLO Film Services, a company that supplies vehicles to the film and TV…
eBay Pallet Engine: A Lightly-Used 453 BHP Rolls-Royce Phantom V12
This is a 6.75 liter V12 out of a 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom VII. For reasons unknown it now finds itself out of its original…
Garage Find: A 1972 BMW 2002 Touring – $7,300 USD
This 1972 BMW 2002 Touring was recently uncovered in a garage, it’s a left hand drive model, it comes with a long list of…
Six Honda Z50Rs For Sale As A Set: Surprise Your Friends For Christmas
This collection of six Honda Z50Rs monkey bikes is now being offered for sale as a set out of Florida. As the bikes are…
A Rare Rotary-Powered 1985 Tritan A2 Aerocar Is For Sale
This is one of just 10 examples of the Tritan A2 Aerocar that were ever made. They were ordered by Domino’s Pizza as a…
An Original Kremer K8 1:8 Scale Wind Tunnel Model
This is one of the original 1:8th scale wind tunnel models built by Kremer Racing to fine tune the body design of the Kremer…
A Hummer H1 Overland Expedition Camper
This is a 1994 AM General Hummer H1 that has been extensively modified into a highly-capable overland expedition vehicle with an aluminum drop-in camper…
The New Shwood x Iron & Resin Kennedy City Glasses
These are the new Shwood x Iron & Resin Kennedy City Glasses, they’re a collaborative design between the two companies targeted at motorcycle and…
A Land Rover Series III Desk: Handmade In Britain
This is the front end of an original Land Rover Series III, it’s been turned into a desk and it now features an English…
A Morton M5 Radial “Aero Engine” Tether Car – $1,500+ USD
This is a vintage Morton M5 radial aero engine-powered tether car. It has a rear-mounted five-cylinder radial engine that runs on a mix of…
The New Garmin eTrex® SE GPS Handheld Navigator
This is the new Garmin eTrex® SE, it’s a handheld GPS navigator that offers full IPX7 water-resistance and up to 1,800 hours of battery…