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 Matador Betalock Locking Travel Carabiner
This is the Matador Betalock, it’s a travel carabiner with a deadbolt-style locking gate that discourages grab-and-go theft, ensuring your gear can’t be quickly snatched by opportunistic thieves. Each Betalock is forged from lightweight,…
The Kruk Garage Tool Roll: Handmade In Ukraine
This is the Kruk Garage Tool Roll, each one is made by hand in Ukraine by a small band of leatherworkers from vintage British army duffle canvas and full grain leather. We first started…
The Astorflex Bitflex Chelsea Boot
This is the Astorflex Bitflex Chelsea Boot, each pair is made by hand in an Italian workshop from European nubuck leather and comfortable 100% natural crepe rubber soles. Astorflex was founded in Italy back…
A Rare 1968 Ford Bronco U13 “Roadster” – 1 Of 26 Known Survivors
This is a Ford Bronco U13 Roadster from 1968, it’s one of the lesser-known variants of the Ford 4×4 that was designed as a lightweight off-roader with no frills – as well as no…
Retro Home On Wheels: A 1962 Airstream Globe Trotter
This is a 1962 Airstream Globe Trotter, specifically it’s the 19 foot long single-axle version, and it now benefits from a full restoration that includes an all new interior. This is one of the…
A 1:1 Scale Airfix-Style 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Model Kit Display
This is a life-sized display that’s been cleverly designed to look like a 1:1 scale Airfix kit of the legendary Martini-liveried 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR known as “R6.” The display consists of a…
For Sale: The Legendary Balchowsky “Ol’ Yaller” Mk VII
This is the Balchowsky Ol’ Yaller Mk VII, it’s the seventh of just nine Balchowsky Ol’ Yallers that were built and it raced in-period at the 1964 Road America 500 where it battled alongside…
The New Tamiya 1:12th Scale R/C Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 “Quadtrack”
This is the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 “Quadtrack” from Tamiya, the Japanese company that has arguably become the most famous model and R/C maker in the world. Whilst Tamiya has offered a number of…
For Sale: A 1985 Paris-Dakar Rally Veteran Opel Manta GT/E
This 1976 Opel Manta GT/E was significantly modified in the 1980s in order to go rallying, the pinnacle of its competitive life was its entry into the 1985 Paris-Dakar Rally with Adriano Fissore and…
The Long Lost American Dream Cars Of The 1950s
“This article was written by Geoff Hacker of Undiscovered Classics, a world-leader in the history, preservation, and restoration of rare handcrafted American postwar sports cars.” This year at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance a special class…
$1.6 Million Dollar Barn Find: A Rare 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider
The car you see above and below is a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider. In fact, it’s just the second one ever built of the 13 that were made, and it raced in-period at…
The Incredible Heimplanet Kirra: A Lightweight Inflatable Tent For Two
This is the Heimplanet Kirra, it’s a two-person tent with the patented geodesic inflatable structure that’s designed to be storm-proof – the inflatable beams can move and flex with the wind and they won’t…