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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Unusual Machines: The Panoz AIV “Aluminum Intensive Vehicle”
This is an original Panoz AIV from 1997, it’s billed as America’s first aluminum-intensive vehicle, and it was developed to offer state-of-the-art engineering with 1950s hot rod influenced styling. At the time of its…
The Barebones Cowboy Wok: A Camp Cooking Solution That’ll Last A Lifetime
This is the Barebones Cowboy Wok, it was designed in the style of the originals from the 1800s, but it benefits from modern heavy-duty carbon steel construction with a hand-blued finish, and forged steel…
For Sale: A Motorized Rocket Barstool Racer
This is a motorized Rocket Barstool Racer that’s been painted to look like a winged sprint car carrying Home Depot sponsorship and the racing number #20. Motorized barstools have been around for decades, no…
The Aera Instruments P-1 Pilot Watch – An Affordable Aviation Tool Watch
This is the P-1 Pilot watch from the team at Aera Instruments, it’s a minimalist take on the classic pilot watch design featuring a Swiss Sellita SW200-1 automatic movement, a domed sapphire crystal, and…
Rare In The USA: A TVR Cerbera “Speed Eight”
The Cerbera was released in 1996 by the low-volume British automaker TVR as their first true mass-market GT car, offering 2+2 seating, a fixed roof, and an in-house developed V8 engine. The Cerbera has…
The Oru Bay ST Kayak – A Folding Kayak You Can Take Anywhere
This is the Oru Bay ST Kayak, it’s a clever folding kayak that can be quickly packed down into a box measuring in at just 33″ x 14″ x 29″ weighing 26 lbs for…
A Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Stunt Car From Steve McQueen’s Final Film
This is a stunt vehicle that was memorably used in Steve McQueen’s last ever film, The Hunter, released in 1980. The car was blown up during the film and then given to a farmer…
Porsche 986 Flat-Six Engine Coffee Table
This is a coffee table made using a Porsche Boxster (986) flat-six engine. It was built earlier this year and features a block and heads from the 986 as well as the intake manifold,…
Affordable Vintage V8 Roadster: A Crosley Almquist Sabre – $12,800+ USD
This is a Crosley Almquist Sabre Roadster that was built in 1957 with a Ford Flathead V8, a lightweight Almquist Engineering glassfibre body, and a tube chassis. It was originally used for racing on…
For Sale: A Homemade Ferrari Formula 1 Simulator
This is a home-built Ferrari Formula 1 similar that includes a cockpit, front end, suspension, and wheels of a 1:1 model designed to evoke the styling of an early 1990s Ferrari F1 car. The…
A BMW 2002 Speedster – $14,950 USD
This is the first BMW 2002 Speedster we’ve ever featured on Silodrome and it’ll probably be the last, as I suspect it’s the only one of its kind in the world. The car is…
Needs Assembly: A Dismantled Ferrari 4.4 Liter Colombo V12 Engine
This is the 4.4 Liter Colombo V12 from a 1969 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2, it’s currently in a disassembled state and requires a recommissioning followed by reassembly. The engine will make a fascinating project…