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 Ronin 47 – A Rare American Superbike From Colorado
This is the Ronin 47, it’s a limited production motorcycle of which just 47 were made, hence the name, and the project was run by Ronin Motor Works and bankrolled by Magpul Industries –…
The Unimatic Modello Uno U1S-T-MP – An Affordable Titanium Automatic
This is the Unimatic Modello Uno U1S-T-MP, it’s one of the newer releases from the popular Italian watchmaker. It has a full titanium case, a double-domed sapphire crystal, a Swiss automatic movement, and a…
This Is A Godzilla-Powered Ford Bronco Ranger XLT With 430 BHP
This is a restored Ford Bronco Ranger XLT from 1978 that has been significantly modified from stock, it’s now powered by a fire-breathing 7.3 liter Godzilla V8 that’s good for 430 bhp – vastly…
A Ferrari F105 V8 Engine Coffee Table
This is a Ferrari F105 V8 that’s been turned into a coffee table, it rides on wheels allowing it to be moved around easily, it has a tempered glass tabletop with cutout sections allowing…
The MV Agusta 750S: A King Of 1970s Superbikes
This is a restored 1973 MV Agusta 750S that was originally delivered to its first owner in Germany, before later being imported into the UK and restored. The 750S was one of the greatest…
This Is A Go Kart Version Of The 1987 Indianapolis 500-Winning March-Cosworth
This go kart is based on the design of the 1987 Indianapolis 500-winning March-Cosworth 87C that was driven by Al Unser, Sr. The kart has a bright yellow fiberglass body designed to look like…
A Completely Redesigned Alloy 1970 Lotus Europa
This is a Lotus Europa but not like you’ve ever seen it before, it has a new hand-formed aluminum body in place of the fiberglass original, and it’s now powered by a 2.0 liter…
This Is The Apollo GT “Thorndyke Special” From Herbie: The Love Bug
The Thorndyke Special is a car that’s been seen by countless millions, usually children watching the movie in which it debuted – “Herbie: The Love Bug.” Most didn’t know that the car was actually…
A Rare 1973 Datsun 240Z Super Samuri
This is just the 16th example of the Datsun 240Z Super Samuri. If you haven’t seen this particular 240Z variant before that may be because it was developed in England rather than Japan, and…
The Hoonigan “Boomhauer” Is For Sale: A 600 BHP 1974 Chevrolet C10
This is a truck you may recognize as the Hoonigan Boomhauer, a comprehensively rebuilt 1974 Chevrolet C10 that’s said to be good for an eye-watering 600 bhp. It’s now being offered for sale out…
The Casio Vintage A100 Series: A Reissue Of Ripley’s Watch From “Alien”
This is the Casio Vintage A100 series watch – it’s a modern reissue of the legendary Casio F-100 watch that was worn by Officer Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, in the original Alien…
For Sale: A Beautifully Restored Vintage 1982 Toyota Pickup SR5 4×4
This is a freshly restored 1982 Toyota Pickup SR5, known as the Toyota Hilux in many regions, and one of the final generations of the iconic pickup truck with a live front axle –…