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 New Goldtop Silk Lined Predator Motorcycle Gloves
These are the new silk-lined Predator motorcycle gloves from British company Goldtop. They’re made from 1.0 mm premium drum-dyed Aniline cowhide leather and they carry…
An Affordable Le Mans Classic Racer: The 1960s TVR Grantura
The TVR Grantura is a member of an increasingly rare subset within the classic car world – vehicles with impeccable period competition history that…
For Sale: A Suzuki RE5 Wankel Rotary-Powered Motorcycle
The Suzuki RE5 was a Wankel rotary-engined motorcycle developed in the early 1970s. It was to be a showcase the future of Suzuki’s motorcycle division…
Full Documentary: Spitfire Mk 1 to Mk 24 – How Spitfires Kept Getting Better
Spitfire Mk 1 to Mk 24 – How Spitfires Kept Getting Better is a new quarter hour long documentary from the British Imperial War Museum about…
A Rare Supercar Killer: The Brooke Cosworth Double R Supercharged 400
This is the only alloy-bodied Brooke Cosworth Double R Supercharged 400 in the world. While that name may be a bit of a mouthful it…
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…