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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For Sale As A 3 Car Package: The Big Bad AMX Trio
This is the Big Bad AMX Trio, it’s a private collection of all three of the Big Bad Colors of the 1969 AMC AMX,…
The Fellow Series 1 Espresso Machine
This is the Series 1 Espresso Machine from the team at Fellow, it’s one of the most highly-capable machines in its class, and the…
Charlie Sheen’s 1998 Prevost Tour Bus Is For Sale
This is the 1998 Prevost Marathon XL Bus used by Charlie Sheen for many years, including while filming the hit TV show Two and…
Crate Engine: A 7.3 Liter Godzilla V8 With 625 BHP
This is a 625 bhp, 7.3 liter Godzilla V8 crate engine from the highly-respected team at Proformance Unlimited, and unusually, each engine comes with…
An “Affordable Ferrari” – A 1992 Ferrari Mondial t Convertible
This is a 1992 Ferrari Mondial t cabriolet, the final major iteration of the Mondial series, best-known today for consistently being the most affordable…
For Sale: The Lotus Esprit Prop Car From “The Spy Who Loved Me”
This is one of the full scale prop cars used while filming The Spy Who Loved Me, and I became one of the most…
Up For Grabs: The 178 MPH Dodge Daytona Turbo Z From 1982
This is the 1982 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z, it was originally a concept car but it was later used as a pace car for…
For Sale: An Incredible Honda CT70 From 1970
This is a Honda CT70H Trail from 1970, right around the beginning of the production run, just as the little dual sport bike was…
The Forgotten American Sports Car: The 1999 Shelby Series 1
This is an original factory-supercharged 1999 Shelby Series 1. It’s a largely forgotten American sports car, and it was the only car that Carroll…
For Sale: A Rare “Boneshaker” Bicycle From 1866
This is a rare surviving “boneshaker” bicycle from 1866, also known as a velocipede. It was built by the C. P. Kimball and Brothers…
Retro Japanese Legend: A 1975 Datsun 620 4×4 Pickup
This is a 1975 Datsun 620 Pickup that’s been converted to four-wheel drive – a common upgrade in period as it vastly increased the…
The New 1,903 Piece Lego Douglas DC-3 Pan Am® Airliner
This is the brand new Douglas DC-3 Pan Am® airliner kit from Lego, it consists of 1,903 pieces and when it’s completed, it measures…