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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Ronnie Peterson’s Lotus Elite Type 75 Is For Sale
This Lotus Elite Type 75 is a little more special than most, it was given to Formula 1 driver Ronnie Peterson by Colin Chapman…
Brass Bottle Opener By Noah Marion: 100% Made In The USA
Each of these unusual brass bottle openers from Noah Marion are 100% made in the USA from solid brass. While they may look like…
For Sale: A ZIL 131 6×6 Ex-Soviet Military Camper Truck
This is a 6×6 camper version of the ZIL 131, one of the toughest military trucks in history. The ZIL 131 has been in…
A New Production Motorcycle With A Titanium Frame: The CCM Heritage ‘71 Ti
This is the new CCM Heritage ‘71 Ti limited edition production motorcycle, and as the name suggests, large parts of it including the chassis,…
For Sale: A Ferrari 308 GTB “Vetroresina” Rally Car
This 1976 Ferrari 308 GTB is one of the rarer “Vetroresina” cars with a body made almost entirely from lightweight fiberglass with the exception…
Engine Rebuild Challenge: A McLaren MP4/2 Porsche-TAG Formula 1 Engine
This is an original McLaren MP4/2 Porsche-TAG F1 engine, it’s a member of the engine family used by the McLaren Formula 1 team during their…
For Sale: A Rare Rau Kawasaki GPZ1100 Street Legal* Racer
This is a rare Rau Kawasaki race bike from 1983. “Rau” is the surname of Manfred Rau, a German motorcycle frame designer and engineer…
The TechLiner Grid Shorty Titanium Pen by Ti2 Design
This is the TechLiner Grid Shorty Titanium Pen by Ti2 Design, it’s designed to be the last pen you ever need to buy, and it…
Triumph GT6 Project Car: “The Poor Man’s Jaguar E-Type”
This Triumph GT6 is part way through a restoration to “Roadster Special” specification, with the hardtop coupe body replaced with a new lightweight fiberglass…
The Angry Lane Rider Daypack – Limited Edition
This is the new Angry Lane Rider Daypack in the coyote color scheme, it’s limited to just 50 units and like the original Rider…
Juan Manuel Fangio’s Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Is For Sale
Juan Manuel Fangio is widely regarded as the greatest Grand Prix driver of all time, he won the F1 World Championship five times driving…
Full Film – Little Giant: The PW50 Story
Little Giant: The PW50 Story is a free feature length documentary from Brett Smith from We Went Fast. It tells the story of (arguably)…