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 Recaro Classic LX Star: An Office Chair For Petrolheads
This is the Recaro Classic LX Star, it’s an office chair based on 1980s-era Recaro automobile seats with a swivel base on five wheels,…
Barn Find: A 1982 Audi Quattro – Unearthed After Almost 30 Years
This 1982 Audi Quattro was parked in a locked garage almost 30 years ago, it would spend decades in darkness with just the dust…
For Sale: A Collection Of Seven Vintage Ferrari Prints
This collection of vintage Ferrari poster prints includes seven pieces in total, each poster depicts multiple Ferraris, often in series to showcase their evolution…
A Subaru-Powered Volkswagen Vanagon Syncro 4×4 Camper
This 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon has been through a restoration that included new paint, new interior upholstery, new suspension, and perhaps most interestingly, a new Subaru 2.5 liter flat-four engine….
Full Documentary: “Road To Atlanta” With Paul Newman
“Road To Atlanta” is a documentary that covers some of the SCCA racing career of Paul Newman, a talented racing driver (and occasional actor) who features heavily…
Rare American Sports Car: The Fiberfab Jamaican II V8
This is a Fiberfab Jamaican II, it was built in 1983 using a Fiberfab tubular steel chassis and a sleek, lightweight fiberglass body. Power is…
A Douglas DC-3 Wingtip Desk
This is the wingtip of a (Douglas) Dakota DC3, it’s been flipped upside down to ensure the flatter surface is uppermost, and it’s been given…
Yamaha XT500 – The Motorcycle That Won The First Two Paris-Dakar Rallies
The Yamaha XT500 will probably always be best remembered as the motorcycle that won the first Paris-Dakar Rally, all the way back in 1979….
The Polydrop Teardrop Camper – $16,990+
The Polydrop is a geometrically designed camper that is said to have a 70% air resistance reduction when compared with a standard teardrop camper, it…
Barn Find: A Citroën DS Discovered In The Catskill Mountains Of New York
This 1970 Citroën DS is a true barn find, having been rediscovered in a rundown wooden barn on a property in the Catskill Mountains in…
For Sale: A Rebuilt A 28 Liter Allison V12 Aircraft Engine – 1,150 BHP
This is a rebuilt WWII-era Allison V-1710 V12 aircraft engine and it’s currently for sale on eBay with a Buy It Now price of $37,500 USD….
Jay Leno’s Former 1969 Monteverdi High Speed 375S
This is one of just 10 examples of the Monteverdi 375S built by Italian coachbuilders Carrozzeria Frua, it was also the show car displayed at…