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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Needs Rescuing: A 1965 Volvo P1800 S – The Most Beautiful Swedish Car Ever Made
The Volvo P1800 has been hailed by many as the most beautiful Swedish car of all time. The company switched over to making bricks-on-wheels…
The American “Ferrari Killer” – A Rare Factory-Supercharged Shelby Series 1
This is one of just 70 examples of the Shelby Series 1 that was factory-fitted with a supercharger, boosting power output from 320 bhp…
The High Camp Firelight 750 Flask: Designed To Hold A Full Bottle Of Whiskey
This is the Firelight 750 Flask from High Camp, it’s has a capacity of 750ml which means it can take a full bottle of…
A Rare Berkeley Foursome – The British Mini Roadster
The Berkeley Foursome was a remarkably influential design that deserves to be better known than it is. Berkeley Cars introduced the use of a…
The New Aether + Bamford GMT
This is the new Aether + Bamford GMT, it’s a Swiss-made watch with an automatic movement and as the name suggests it has a…
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…