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 Original Lola Race Car Moulds Are Up For Sale
This remarkable collection of original Lola race car moulds was bought directly from Lola founder Eric Broadley in 1990. The moulds were then used to make fiberglass panels for various Lola cars by T.W. Mouldings,…
Retro Buggy: A 1990 Honda Pilot FL400R
This is a Honda Pilot FL400R one-person ATV buggy from 1990, it’s powered by a 397cc two-stroke engine and its list of features and performance specifications made it one of the best solo buggies…
Incredible Restoration: A 1983 Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser Pick Up
This is a 1983 Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser, the FJ45 was the longer wheelbase version of the FJ40 that was also offered as a pick up truck – a form factor that would become…
For Sale: A 1969 Shelby GT350 “SCCA B Production” Fastback
This 1969 Shelby GT350 has a remarkable story to tell, it was stolen shortly after it was delivered in 1969 and damaged. It was then bought by Jerry Lecatse who rebuilt it into a…
The Bow Drill Fire Starter Kit
This is the Bow Drill Fire Starter Kit from the team at Survival Frog, as you can see in the above image, it’s a bow drill designed for starting campfires the traditional way –…
Winter Weapon For Sale: A Jeep Cherokee On A Dominator Track System
This is a 2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4×4 that has a Dominator Track System installed, giving it impressive off road capability – particularly in snow, ice, and mud. The Dominator Track System is bolted…
1:2 Scale: An 8+ Foot Long Ferrari FXX-K Evo Wind Tunnel Model
This is an original factory wind tunnel model used during the development of the Ferrari FXX-K Evo, it’s 1:2 scale, so 50% of the size off the final production car, and it’s now being…
A 1962 Amphicar: The Car That Is Also A Boat
The Amphicar is almost certainly the best-known amphibious car in history. Its development started in the years after WWII, it came to market in the early 1960s, and thousands of them would be sold…
Made In Finland: A Saab 900 Turbo Go-Kart
This is a go-kart built by Lokari of Rauma, Finland in the 1980s. Its body is closely based on the Saab 900 Turbo, a current production car at the time, and it has a…
A Rare 1967 Maserati Quattroporte Formula 1 “Fire Truck”
This is a 1967 Maserati Quattroporte that was carefully modified by the coachbuilder Grazia from Bologna into a firefighting pick up truck of sorts, for use at Italy’s Formula 1 circuits. The project to…
1 Of 1: The 1947 Ford Super De Luxe Station Wagon 4×4 – “The Woodyator”
Known as “The Woodyator,” this vehicle is the only one of its kind in the world. It’s actually two vehicles in one, an original 1947 Ford “Woodie Wagon” body fitted to the chassis and…
The Dodge Ram B250 Van From “School of Rock” Is For Sale
This is the 1987 Dodge Ram B250 Van that was used by Jack Black in the 2003 film School of Rock. It remains in largely the same condition it was in during filming, and…