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 Pocket Samurai Folding Knife By StatGear
This is the Pocket Samurai folding knife from the team at StatGear, it’s essentially a small knife you can carry daily for small tasks like package…
For Sale: A Super Retro 1988 Mercedes-Benz T1 Auto Trail Camper
This is a rare, original 1988 Mercedes-Benz T1 Auto Trail Apache Camper, and by the standards of the heavily Instagrammed “Vanlife” world, it’s the four-wheeled equivalent of…
Full Documentary: Seven Survivors – The 1963 East African Safari Rally
This film, titled Seven Survivors, tells the story of the 1963 East African Safari Rally, one of the toughest and most arduous motor races…
Tom Hanks’ 1975 Fiat 128 Is For Sale
The Fiat 128 is perhaps most famous for the fact that Enzo Ferrari used one as his daily driver for many years. The car…
The LEGO® Back to the Future Time Machine DeLorean
This is the LEGO® Back to the Future Time Machine, it’s a kit of the DeLorean DMC-12 from Back To The Future and it…
The GAZ-69: This Was The Soviet Union’s Answer To The Jeep
The GAZ-69 was developed in the late 1940s as the Soviet Union’s homegrown military 4×4, essentially their answer to the American Jeep that had proven itself to…
The Waterbury Traditional GMT – $199 USD
This is the new Waterbury Traditional GMT, it’s a member of the new higher end line of watches from Timex using the company’s original name…
For Sale: A Datsun 260Z Powered By A 400+ HP Corvette LS6 V8
This 1974 Datsun 260Z is now significantly quicker than it was when new, thanks to a slew of modifications including a 400+ bhp Corvette…
Switch eScrambler: The World’s First Production Electric Scrambler
This is the new Switch eScrambler, it’s a new electric motorcycle from New Zealand that claims to be the first production electric scrambler in the…
A Rare Tommykaira ZZ: The Japanese Sports Car Made Famous By Gran Turismo
This is the Tommykaira ZZ, it’s an unusual sports car that became a legend in 1999 due to its inclusion in the wildly popular…
1932 USA Geological Relief Map
This is the 1932 USA Geological Relief Map from Muir Way, it’s a large 42″ by 24″ inch print of a historical map of…
A Lancia Stratos HF “Road Racer”
This Lancia Stratos HF is one of very few that was raced on track in the United States in period, with entries in the…