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 Go Anywhere Overlander Platform: The Oshkosh M-985 HEMTT 8×8
This is an ex-US Army Oshkosh HEMTT 8×8, specifically it’s the M-985 variant which is equipped with a hydraulic Material Handling Crane (MHC) on…
A 1:3 Scale Porsche 993 Turbo Made Entirely From Woven Wire
This is a Porsche 993 Turbo sculpture made entirely from woven and tied wire to a scale of approximately 1:3. Interestingly the model has…
The Ronin 47 – A Rare American Superbike From Colorado
This is the Ronin 47, it’s a limited production motorcycle of which just 47 were made, hence the name, and the project was run…
The Unimatic Modello Uno U1S-T-MP – An Affordable Titanium Automatic
This is the Unimatic Modello Uno U1S-T-MP, it’s one of the newer releases from the popular Italian watchmaker. It has a full titanium case,…
This Is A Godzilla-Powered Ford Bronco Ranger XLT With 430 BHP
This is a restored Ford Bronco Ranger XLT from 1978 that has been significantly modified from stock, it’s now powered by a fire-breathing 7.3…
A Ferrari F105 V8 Engine Coffee Table
This is a Ferrari F105 V8 that’s been turned into a coffee table, it rides on wheels allowing it to be moved around easily,…
The MV Agusta 750S: A King Of 1970s Superbikes
This is a restored 1973 MV Agusta 750S that was originally delivered to its first owner in Germany, before later being imported into the…
This Is A Go Kart Version Of The 1987 Indianapolis 500-Winning March-Cosworth
This go kart is based on the design of the 1987 Indianapolis 500-winning March-Cosworth 87C that was driven by Al Unser, Sr. The kart…
A Completely Redesigned Alloy 1970 Lotus Europa
This is a Lotus Europa but not like you’ve ever seen it before, it has a new hand-formed aluminum body in place of the…
This Is The Apollo GT “Thorndyke Special” From Herbie: The Love Bug
The Thorndyke Special is a car that’s been seen by countless millions, usually children watching the movie in which it debuted – “Herbie: The…
A Rare 1973 Datsun 240Z Super Samuri
This is just the 16th example of the Datsun 240Z Super Samuri. If you haven’t seen this particular 240Z variant before that may be…
The Hoonigan “Boomhauer” Is For Sale: A 600 BHP 1974 Chevrolet C10
This is a truck you may recognize as the Hoonigan Boomhauer, a comprehensively rebuilt 1974 Chevrolet C10 that’s said to be good for an…