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 Seaholm Offshore Automatic Watch

This is the Seaholm Offshore automatic watch, it was designed to survive years of rugged outdoor use and it’s powered by the Swiss-made Sellita…
There’s A Supersonic Starfighter For Sale

The CF-104D Starfighter is the Canadian-built version of the legendary Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, an aircraft remembered today as the first production aircraft to reach…
For Sale: A Vincent Rapide V-Twin Engine

The V-twin engine designed for the Vincent Rapide and later used in modified form for the Vincent Black Shadow and Black Lightning is unquestionably…
A 4×4 Chevolet Corvair Zombie Hunting Van: 100% Road Legal

This is the latest in our “Curious Contraptions” series, where we find unusual, offbeat, or downright insane vehicles online and bring them to you…
The Controversial-Looking BMW 2000 CS: A Neue Klasse GT

The BMW 2000 CS was a member of the all-important Neue Klasse (New Class) series of vehicles introduced by the German automaker in the…
An Original Camel Trophy Land Rover Defender

This is an original Camel Trophy Land Rover Defender from the Tierra del Fuego event in 1998. It would be the last of the…
The Lone Rider “Travel The World” Bundle

This is the “Travel The World” bundle by the team at Lone Rider, it includes their MotoTent as well as a series of motorcycle…
A Rare Japanese “Mini Supercar” – The Autozam AZ-1

The mid-engined Autozam AZ-1 is one of the most unusual Kei-class sports cars ever made. Originally developed in the 1980s the car carries styling cues…
Swiss Soldier’s Knife 08 By Victorinox

This is the Swiss Soldier’s Knife 08 by Victorinox, the manufacturer of those world-renowned Swiss Army Knives that everyone seems to have owned once…
Heinkel Kabine: From Bombers And Fighter Planes To Microcars

During World War II the names Heinkel and Messerschmitt struck fear into the hearts of both the military and civilian populations of all Allied…
The Ford Supervan – A Van Built On A GT40 Chassis With A 435 HP V8

The Ford Supervan was built in the early 1970s by Terry Drury Racing, they used an actual Ford GT40 chassis including its Gurney-Weslake 435…
The Mini Moke From “The Prisoner” TV Series

This is one of just two surviving Mini Mokes from the legendary British TV series The Prisoner, and it’s the only car for which…