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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Ex-Jay Kay: A 1983 Land Rover County Safari – $24,000+ USD
This 1983 Land Rover Series 3 County Safari was restored to a high level by a previous owner, more recently it was owned by Jay Kay, the larger-than-life frontman of Jamiroquai, who is said…
Transforming A Land Rover Into Rolling Art With Ana Malta
This 1966 Land Rover Series 2A was restored by the team at Coolnvintage in Lisbon, Portugal. Once its restoration was complete it was turned over to artist Ana Malta, who spent a day painting…
For Sale: An Officially Licensed “Gone In 60 Seconds” Eleanor®
This is a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback that has been professionally rebuilt into an officially-licensed Eleanor® – the modified Mustang from the 2000 film Gone In 60 Seconds starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie….
An Original Aston Martin DB5 Front End
This is an original Aston Martin DB5 nose section, it was made by hand at Aston Martin’s Newport Pagnell factory under license from Carrozzeria Touring, using their proprietary Superleggera technique. “Superleggera” is an Italian…
Porsche-Powered Dune Buggy: A 1968 Kellison Sandpiper Roadster
This 1968 Kellison Sandpiper Roadster was built by well-known Porsche restorer Tim Goodrich. He fitted it with an enlarged Porsche 912 engine and a number of other Porsche design touches including VDO instruments, Fuchs…
Freshly Rebuilt: A Ferrari 328 V8 Engine By Motion Products – $25,000 USD
This is a Ferrari 328 engine that’s been comprehensively rebuilt by Motion Products. It’s a 3.2 liter V8 with double overhead cams per bank, four valves per cylinder, and once installed in a car…
One of A Kind: A Royal Enfield Super Meteor “Desert Sled”
This Royal Enfield is essentially an almost-new motorcycle, it has a completely rebuilt engine, a brand new frame, and a slew of other new or reconditioned parts – and the listing says it’s not…
A Jaguar E-Type Series 3-Style Wire Frame Sculpture
This is a wire frame sculpture of a Jaguar E-Type Series 3, it’s approximately 1:3rd scale and impressively it has rolling wheels and functional steering. The artist who made this sculpture isn’t named in…
For Sale: The Peterbilt Tow Truck From “Fast & Furious Hobbs & Shaw”
This is the highly-modified Peterbilt tow truck from the 2019 film Fast & Furious Hobbs & Shaw. It’s used in a memorable scene starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who use it to take down…
The Award-Winning Sinn Hunting Watch 3006
This is the Sinn Hunting Watch 3006, it’s a tool watch in every sense of the word specifically developed for use by German hunters, and its model number is a reference to the 30-06…
A Vintage Carter Brothers Mini-Monster Little Bigfoot Go-Kart
This is an original Carter Brothers Little Bigfoot go-kart, it was produced under license in the 1990s and it can accommodate either adults or children, though only one at a time of course. These…
An Original 1960s Supercar Dodgem – The “Rolls-Royce Of Bumper Cars”
This is an original and unrestored Supercar Dodgem from the 1960s, known as the “Rolls-Royce of bumper cars” by those in the British carnival trade. The very first bumper cars were developed by Max…