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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Garrett Turbocharger Wall Lamp: $108 USD
This is the Garrett Turbocharger Wall Lamp by Berkay Erdoğan of Auto Decoration. As the name suggests, it’s a wall lamp made from a…
A Project Car For The Ambitious: 1963 AC Ace 2.6 Roadster
This is all that remains of 1963 AC Ace 2.6 chassis #RS5032, it’s now being offered for sale as a restoration project, albeit an…
A Rare 1967 Aermacchi Harley-Davidson Sprint CRS Scrambler
This is a rare and recently restored Aermacchi Harley-Davidson Sprint CRS, the result of an alliance between Harley-Davidson and Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aermacchi in the 1960s….
For Sale: Jerry Seinfeld’s 1964 Volkswagen Type 2 EZ Camper
Actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld is well-known for his love of Porsches, but his passion for air-cooled motoring extends further than that – he’s…
Full Documentary: The History Of Land Rover
This documentary tells the story of the humble Land Rover, from its origins immediately after WWII as a four-wheel drive farm tractor replacement right…
David Carradine’s Alligator Car From “Death Race 2000”
This is David Carradine’s car from the 1975 dystopian sci-fi cult classic Death Race 2000. The film stars Carradine alongside Sylvester Stallone and Simone Griffeth, it centers…
An AC 3000ME Turbo – A Rare Mid-Engined British Classic
This is a 1980 AC 3000ME Turbo, it’s a rare car with only 100 or so produced in total. It’s powered by a mid-mounted…
Barn Find: Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Coupe Project Car
This Jaguar E-Type has spent over 48 years tucked away in a storage shed, it was originally parked up in 1973/1974 when it needed some…
For Sale: A Ferrari 512BB LM Front Clamshell
This is the clamshell front end from the Ferrari 512BB LM (chassis 35529) that was raced by Fabrizio Violati’s Scuderia Bellancauto team, taking a class…
The Alpine A310GT: A French Answer To The Porsche 911
The Alpine A310 V6 was the considerably more powerful descendant of the earlier Alpine A310 four-cylinder model – a car that had been lauded…
The Biltwell Lane Splitter Red/White/Blue Helmet
The Biltwell Lane Splitter helmet was released a few years ago and quickly became a popular choice with those looking for a retro helmet…
A “Brand New” 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T/A 6.6
The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T/A 6.6 is a rare car, just were 1,107 built, however this one remains essentially brand new with just…