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 Ferrari 360 Modena V8 Engine Coffee Table
This is a glass-topped coffee table that’s been built around an original Ferrari 360 Modena V8, an engine that would have been capable of…
Retro Survivor: A 1963 Dodge Frank Motor Home
This is a Dodge Frank Motor Home from 1963 and surprisingly it remains in largely original condition throughout. Many of these older motorhomes have either been completely refurbished…
Safari “Rallyewagen” – 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 5.0
This 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 5.0 is one of seven cars in this series, it’s a Mercedes-Benz works safari rally car and it took…
For Sale: A First-Generation Ford GT V8 Engine – 550 BHP
This is a first-generation Ford GT V8 engine, I was bought new by the owner and kept as a spare for his Ford GT,…
Emma Peel’s Lotus Elan From “The Avengers” Is For Sale
There were few cars more iconic to the television watching 1960s British public than the Lotus Elan, thanks largely to its use by Emma…
For Sale: Kawasaki Ninja 900 – An Original Pre-Production Model
This is an original pre-production example of the Kawasaki Ninja 900, also known as the Kawasaki GPZ900R, It was the first to carry “Ninja”…
The Heavy Copper Mug By Puebco
This is the suitably named Heavy Copper Mug from the team at Puebco, as the name suggests it’s a mug made from solid copper…
Two-For-One Deal: A Pair Of BMW 2002 Project Cars
This pair of BMW 2002 project cars are being offered as a two-for-one deal out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They each have an engine,…
A Rare Ford Comète Has Just Been Unearthed From A Private Collection In France
This is a Ford Comète, a rare coachbuilt V8 from Ford’s French subsidiary Ford SAF. The Comète had an elegant body designed by Pinin…
The $3 Million Dollar 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL-1
This is one of just two examples of the 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL-1 that were ever made. The ZL-1 was remarkable for a…
The Arizona Spike: From The Completion Of The Transcontinental Railroad – 1869
This is the “Arizona Spike,” it’s one of four ceremonial railroad spikes that were made to celebrate the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on the…
Road Legal: An LS1 V8-Powered Desert Dynamics Buggy
This is a Desert Dynamics off-road racing buggy, it’s powered by a rear-mounted Chevrolet LS1 V8, and amazingly it’s been successfully registered for road use…