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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For Sale: A BMW 507 Front End Mounted To A Display Base
This is the front end bodywork from a BMW 507, widely considered to be one of the most beautiful BMWs of all time. Elvis…
1963 Gillig Model 590 Porsche Race Car Hauler
This 1963 Gillig Model 590 has been restored and rebuilt into the ideal hauler for vintage Porsches, it’s been reskinned with a new aluminum-alloy…
The American Made 350 Cruiser-MV Roughout Boots By White’s Boots
This is the new 350 Cruiser-MV Roughout Boot from White’s Boots, an American company that have been making work boots since 1853 – they’ve been…
For Sale: A Rare 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Sportwagon
The Chevrolet Corvette Sportwagon was never actually built by Chevrolet, it was an aftermarket kit developed for the C3 Corvette that solved its single biggest…
There’s A Ferrari 612 Scaglietti V12 For Sale
This is a 65º V12 engine from a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, once fitted into a car it produces 533 bhp at 7,250 rpm and…
The Weird & Wonderful Reyonnah 175 Prototype N°1 From 1951
This is the Reyonnah 175 Prototype N°1, as the name suggests it’s the first Reyonnah 175 prototype and had French automotive history played out…
The AMC Eagle SX/4 – An American 4×4 Sports Car That Was Ahead Of Its Time
The AMC Eagle SX/4 was a car decades ahead of its time, it offered a sports car body with increased ground clearance and a…
Top Gear Presenter Chris Harris Is Selling His Ferrari 512 TR
This 1992 Ferrari 512 TR currently belongs to Top Gear presenter Chris Harris, he bought it back in 2013 and featured the car in…
For Sale: An Original Concorde Air Speed Indicator
It’s not every day that an original Concorde air speed indicator pops up for sale. Aircraft parts and other Concorde memorabilia have always been…
The Ford Capri – This Was The “European Ford Mustang”
The Ford Capri was originally intended to be named the Ford “Colt,” an equine reference to the venerable Ford Mustang. Ford hoped that the…
Full Documentary: “The ’49 Ford In Your Future”
When the 1949 Ford was released it was the first all-new automobile design introduced by an American Big Three automaker after World War II….
1980 Fiat 238: A Lamborghini “Roadside Assistance” Van
This is a 1980 Fiat 238 van that’s ready to go out and start rescuing Lamborghini owners who have found themselves parked by the side…