Articles that Ben Branch 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 Restored Vintage Shell Petrol Pump – Circa 1950
This is an original Shell petrol pump, it was made in the United States around the year 1950 with the actual internal mechanism and…
Audi S3-Powered: A Modified Volkswagen Type 2 Fifth-Wheel Camper
This unusual Volkswagen Type 2 Camper is actually build from two split-screen Type 2 Vans into what is commonly called a fifth-wheel. Due to…
The County Comm General Purpose Radio – $99 USD
This is the County Comm General Purpose Radio, it was designed to be an entirely modern handheld radio with understated retro styling, as well…
Project Car For Sale: “The Last Analog Ferrari” – A 1989 Ferrari 328 GTS
The Ferrari 328 GTS, and its fixed-roof sibling the GTB, have been called the “Last Analog Ferrari” and not without good reason. When released…
The Holtzman 48-In-1 Survival Grenade
This is the Holtzman 48-In-1 Survival Grenade, it’s essentially an emergency first aid kit containing 48 individual items that are all wrapped in 45…
A Mercedes-Benz L 319 “Renntransporter” With Trailer: $22,500+ USD
This Mercedes-Benz L 319 has been converted and now features a kitchen in the rear with four gas stove burners and dual sinks with…
A Six-Wheeled V12 Daimler “Double Six” Pickup/Ute – $13,150+ USD
There can be no argument that this is one of the stranger vehicles we’ve featured on Silodrome in recent memory. It’s a custom-built six-wheeled…
Niki Lauda’s “Race of Champions” Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16
This is one of the two most historically signifiant Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16s in the world, it’s now being offered for sale, and the…
The Ka-Bar U.S. Marine Corps WWII Utility Knife – $135 USD
This is the Ka-Bar USMC Straight Edge Utility Knife, though it’s most often just called the Ka-Bar. The knife was developed for use by…
For Sale: An Adorable 1970 Fiat 500 L With A Matching Trailer
This is a 1970 Fiat 500 L, L standing for “Lusso” or “Luxury” in Italian. The 500 L featured a slew of upgrades over…
A Reimagined Harley-Davidson Roadster 1200R
This is a lightly modified Harley-Davidson Roadster 1200R, a model closely related to the Sportster but with a raft of upgrades to improve its…
For Sale: A Volvo C303 4×4 The “Swedish Unimog” – $17,000+ USD
The Volvo C303 is a compact cab-forward 4×4 originally developed by Volvo for the Swedish Army. The C303 has been called the “Swedish Unimog”…