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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There’s A Rare 8.0 Liter Marmon V16 Engine For Sale
This is one of fewer than 400 examples of the Marmon V16 engine that were made, it’s an advanced American-made design with an aluminum block and heads, overhead valves, cast-aluminum valve covers, and cross-flow…
The Love Child Of A Ford Mustang SVO And An MGB Roadster
This unusual looking car is based on an MGB Roadster, with the turbocharged powertrain supplied by a Ford Mustang SVO, and a slew of other changes including a new fiberglass body kit and uprated…
The Ion Lamp – Portland Edition By Schoolhouse
This is the Ion Lamp from Portland, Oregon based company Schoolhouse. The lamp is closely based on Thomas Edison’s earliest electric lamp prototypes, simple designs developed to showcase the light bulb. Schoolhouse was founded…
The Shinola Monster Lake Superior Automatic Dive Watch
This is the Lake Superior version of the Shinola Monster, a highly-regarded dive watch with a Swiss automatic movement, a depth rating of 1,000 feet, 26 jewels, and a 38-hour power reserve. Shinola is…
For Sale: A Lamborghini Diablo V12 Coffee Table
This is a coffee table made from a Lamborghini Diablo V12, it has a tempered glass top which is supported by all 12 pistons, and the open design allows you to see into the…
The Long Splitter Axe By Adler Axes – Made In Germany
This is the Long Splitter Axe from the team at Adler Axes, it was developed with a unique head that combines the functions of a standard felling axe and a wedge splitter into one….
650 BHP Supercharged Land Rover Defender Pick Up Truck
This is almost certainly the most powerful, and possibly the most ludicrous, Land Rover Defender we’ve ever featured. It was built by 3R Automotive in the USA, and it’s powered by a Whipple supercharged…
The 1929 de Havilland Gipsy Moth From “Out of Africa” Is Now For Sale
This is the 1929 de Havilland Gipsy Moth that was used extensively in the 1985 film “Out of Africa” starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. It’s now being offered for sale with 100% of…
A Japanese-Style Tanto Knife Made From A Railroad Spike
This is an American railroad spike that’s been hand-forged by the blacksmiths at Northern Cresent Iron into a Japanese-style tanto knife with a 4.5″ blade. Northern Cresent Iron are a professional blacksmith team based…
A Rare 1970 MkII Manta Ray Beach Buggy
This is one of the few surviving examples of the Manta Ray Beach Buggy, it’s a MkII variant from 1970 with a design based on the Dean Jeffries Mantaray II Kyote design that was…
Sunski Couloir: Sunglasses With Removable Magnetic Side Shields
These are the Sunski Couloir sunglasses, each pair comes with a set of removable magnetic side shields designed to protect you from glare reflected up from snow, ice, and water. The side shields can…
For Sale: A Recently Built Range Rover Dakar Rally Racer
This is a 1980 Range Rover V8 that was painstakingly rebuilt into a competitive rally car by Roberto Rettani – an experienced race car builder and FIA ACI Sport technical commissioner. It was built…