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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The Official Back to The Future “Time Circuits” 3D Desk Lamp
This is an officially licensed replica of the “Time Circuits” fitted to the dashboard of the DeLorean in the Back to the Future film trilogy from the 1980s. In the films they display destination…
Never Seen One Before: The Fiat Moretti Sportiva
This is a Fiat Moretti Sportiva from 1968 – it’s one of only 300 or so that were made in total, and today it remains a largely unknown yet undeniably beautiful sports car from…
For Sale: A Shelby Cobra CSX1000
This is one of just 25 examples of the Shelby Cobra CSX1000 that were ever made, the series was an official, Shelby-sanctioned continuation series of the original Shelby Cobra from the 1960s, with power…
For Sale: A Rare 1968 Shelby Mustang GT500KR Convertible
This is a 1968 Shelby Mustang GT500KR “King of the Road” convertible, it’s one of just 517 convertible examples that were made, and it was the most powerful Mustang ever at the time of its…
A Retro 1980s-Style Buick GNX Neon Sign
This is a Buick GNX neon sign that measures in at an impressive 5 foot 11 inches wide by 2 foot 6 inches tall or 71″ wide by 30″ tall. Although it looks like…
A 1961 BSA Spitfire Scrambler – The “Desert Sled Killer”
The BSA Spitfire Scrambler was developed in the late 1950s with a singular goal – to compete with and defeat the Triumph TR6 Trophy “Desert Sled” in the hotly contested world of Southern California…
A 1:1 Scale Ferrari “Colombo” V12 Made Entirely From Wood
This is a life-size 1:1 scale model of the legendary Ferrari V12 Colombo engine that was painstakingly made from wood over a period of three years by model maker Bill Dietz. Dietz used various…
This Is The Rare Pembleton Brooklands
This is a Pembleton Brooklands, if you’ve never seen one before then I can relate, as up until a couple of days ago neither had I. In short, the Brooklands is a modern cyclecar…
The Stetson Skyline Cowboy Hat
This is the Skyline Cowboy Hat by Stetson, each goes through the Stetson production line which involves it passing through more than 100 sets of hands before it’s completed. The Skyline is made in…
“The Forgotten Lotus” – The Extraordinary Lotus 340R
This is a Lotus 340R, it’s the 60th of the 340 examples that were built in the year 2000 as a factory-modified version of the Elise that was even more minimalistic and track-focussed. The…
A Porsche 930 Turbo Engine Block Coffee Table
This is a coffee table made from the engine block of a Porsche 930, the legendary first-generation of the turbocharged Porsche 911. The table features a glass top with the word “widowmaker” engraved around…
For Sale: An Unusual 100% Electric Land Rover Defender 90
This 1988 Land Rover Defender 90 has been subjected to an electric vehicle conversion, for the not-insignificant price of £43,000 or approximately $54,700 USD. The work was carried out in 2021 by the specialists…