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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Australian Muscle Car Legend: The Holden VN Group A SS
This is a rare, original 1990 Holden VN Group A SS Commodore. Just 302 from a planned 500 were made for homologation purposes, to…
A WWII Radial Engine Clock (The Propellers Are The Clock Hands)
This is a seven-cylinder Jacobs R-755 radial engine that was built during the Second World War. It’s now been significantly modified, and turned into…
Straight-8 Powered! An Elegant 1929 Packard Hot Rod
This is a 1929 Packard Standard Eight 633 Coupe that spent 40+ years in storage before the current owner (now seller) acquired it and…
Still In The Crate! A Rare 450 BHP Chevrolet 454 LS-6 V8
The Chevrolet 454 LS-6 big block V8 is one of the true kings of the American V8 arms race of the late 1960s and…
An Amazing “Shorty” Mini (And It’s Street Legal)
This is a “Shorty” Mini, a 1978 Leyland Mini that’s been given the chop and had its wheelbase reduced significantly. These cars are lighter…
A Motorlet M-701 Turbojet Engine On A Test Run Trailer
This is a Motorlet M-701 centrifugal-flow turbojet engine that is mounted to a test run trailer which includes everything needed to run the engine,…
For Sale: A Rare 1988 William Towns “Hustler”
This is a 1988 William Towns Hustler. It’s a car you might never have seen before but the man who designed it, William Towns,…
The “Block Tower” Portable Power Station From Barebones
This is the Block Tower Power Station from the team at Barebones, it’s a vintage-inspired lithium-ion power bank with a huge +100 Watt hour…
For Sale: An Incredible Reliant Scimitar GTE “Shooting Brake”
This is a restored Reliant Scimitar GTE, if you haven’t seen one before it’s a sports car combined with a shooting brake body (two-door…
For Sale: A Dodge Viper V10 Engine Coffee Table
This is a Dodge Viper V10 coffee table, it’s built around a ZB I Dodge Viper V10 engine and it sits on four piston…
Off-Road RV Legend: The 1977 GMC Jimmy 4×4 Casa Grande Camper
This is one of just 225 examples of the Casa Grande camper that were built back in the 1970s. This one was refurbished under…
Twin-Engined! A Vintage 1962 McCulloch 200 Go-Kart For Sale
This is a 1962 McCulloch 200 go-kart that is powered by a pair of rear-mounted, two-stroke engines powering the rear wheels. Jimmie Yamane won…