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 Factory-Supercharged Studebaker Avanti R2: “The World’s Fastest Production Car”
The Studebaker Avanti R2 was hailed as the world’s fastest production car after its release in 1962, it broke 29 world speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats including one run clocking an incredible…
The Magrette Moana Pacific Waterman GMT x Redbar NZ Special Edition
This is the new Magrette Moana Pacific Waterman GMT x Redbar NZ special edition, as the name implies its a collaborative design between New Zealand watchmaker Magrette and Redbar New Zealand. Magrette (pronounced Mar-Gret-Tee)…
This Is The Only AC MA-200 Roadster Prototype Ever Made
This is the only AC MA-200 Roadster prototype that was ever made, and it could very well have provided the basis of a second-generation Shelby Cobra if history had worked out differently. The MA-200…
The New Gringo SV Helmet
This is the new Gringo SV from the team over at Biltwell, it’s a full face design with a flip up shield that utilizes modern construction and materials with decidedly vintage styling. The Gringo…
For Sale: A Street-Legal Ex-SAS Longline Light Strike Vehicle
This is a 1990 Longline MkII Light Strike Vehicle that was built specifically for use by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the First Gulf War. It’s now one of just five survivors of…
eBay Find: There’s A Rare Brubaker Box For Sale
The Brubaker Box first appeared in 1972 and would defy the odds by becoming one of the most famous van designs of the decade– even though it wasn’t being produced by a major manufacturer….
Vintage James Hunt + Niki Lauda Heuer Helmet Alarm Clocks
This pair of Heuer alarm clocks from 1976 was designed to look like the helmets of James Hunt and Niki Lauda respectively, at that time the two Formula 1 drivers battling for the F1…
The “Long-Lost” VW-Porsche 356 LaDawri Special Is Up For Sale
This is the VW-Porsche 356 LaDawri Special, it’s the only one of its kind ever made and up until recently it’s been a “long-lost” mystery car. Images of it would surface from time to…
A Rare Ferrari 308 GTB “Vetroresina” That Was Found In A Collapsed Barn
This is a 1976 Ferrari 308 GTB “Vetroresina,” the relatively rare early fiberglass-bodied version of the 308 GTB that weighed in at 331 lbs less than its later steel-bodied successors. Just 712 of these…
Johnny Hallyday’s 1975 Bertram Baron 28 Twin-V8 Is For Sale
This 1975 Bertram Baron 28 was bought new by Johnny Hallyday, the singer widely remembered as the French answer to Elvis Presley. He kept it at the Arcachon Marina in the South West of…
An Original Bianco S: The Affordable 1970s-Era Brazilian Sports Car
The Bianco S is a rare sports car from Brazil, though it was designed by an Italian and built on the foundation of a German automobile – the Volkswagen Beetle. Just 400 examples of…
Howlin Sunglasses From Vallon
These are the popular Howlin Sunglasses from the team at Vallon, a company founded by a pair of Swedish brothers with the sole mission of bringing back the classic eyewear of generations gone by….