Articles that Ben 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.
Ben Branch March 18, 2023
This is a 1941 Dodge WC26 Wagon 4×4, it was built right around the start of America’s involvement in World War II as part of…
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Ben Branch March 18, 2023
This is the new Lego Icons version of the original Land Rover Classic Defender 90 from its first year of production – 1983. Lego…
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Ben Branch March 17, 2023
The 1969 Shelby GT350 would be the last of the mighty original Shelby Mustangs. It had a new front-end that looked nothing like the…
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Ben Branch March 17, 2023
The Bremont S500 was the first dive watch to come from the highly-regarded team at Bremont. It has a classic design with a chronometer-rated…
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Ben Branch March 16, 2023
This 1988 Volvo 740 Turbo Wagon was originally owned by racing driver (and actor) Paul Newman, who had it significantly modified over stock with…
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Ben Branch March 16, 2023
This 1972 BMW 3.0 CS is a desirable 4-speed manual example that has been sitting undisturbed for 24 years in storage, waiting for a…
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Ben Branch March 15, 2023
The Condor A350 was developed in the early 1970s as a motorcycle for the Swiss Army, the 350cc engine from the Ducati 350 Scrambler…
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Ben Branch March 15, 2023
This is a 1968 Winnebago F17 Camper, it was the first model that the American RV manufacturer produced back in 1966, meaning that the model you see…
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Ben Branch March 14, 2023
This is an incredibly well-preserved Toyota Land Cruiser LX Turbo from 1989, it’s fitted with the desirable manual gearbox and it has a slew…
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Ben Branch March 14, 2023
This is an original, unused Ferrari FXX V12 engine that’s still sitting in its factory crate. The engine was intended as a spare for…
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Ben Branch March 13, 2023
This is an original Lotus Seven Series 4, it’s a member of the final generation of Sevens built by Lotus in the 1970s before…
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Ben Branch March 13, 2023
This is the Cave, it’s a geodesic dome tent from Heimplanet with an inflatable structure designed to accommodate up to three people and their…
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