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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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk – Rescued After Being Buried For 50 Years On A South Pacific Island
This Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is one of the 13,738 that were produced during WWII, it was built at the Buffalo, New York Curtiss-Wright factory in 1942 and shipped off to the Pacific to be…
For Sale: A Bocar XP-5: The American Sports Car That Took On The World
The Bocar XP-5 was developed by American racer and low-volume automaker Bob Carnes in the late 1950s. He wanted an American-made sports car that would be faster than his modified Jaguar XK120 – a…
Assembly Required: A Ferrari Dino Engine + Gearbox
This is the V6 engine and 5-speed transmission from a Ferrari Dino 246, it has a displacement of 2,400cc offering a power output of 192 bhp. The engine and gearbox are currently disassembled, and they’re…
A Rare Kawasaki KLR650 Diesel-Powered Motorcycle For The Special Forces
This may look like an ordinary drab green military Kawasaki KLR650 but it’s actually something altogether more special. It’s one of the rare bikes converted to run on JP-8, a grade of jet fuel similar…
An Original Porsche 901 Brochure Is For Sale
This is one of relatively few original brochures for the Porsche 901 – the car that would later be renamed the Porsche 911 after a famous legal objection from French automaker Peugeot. The story…
A One-Off Bentley Mark VI Majestic Major Hemi V8 Special – “A Lotus 7 On Steroids”
This Bentley Mark VI “Hemi V8” Special is the only one of its kind in the world. It’s a one-off British hot rod of sorts based on a modified Mark VI with power provided by…
The MOMO California Steering Wheel
This is the Momo California Steering Wheel, it’s a classically designed wheel intended for use in vintage cars, it has a 360mm diameter and you can choose from either a mahogany wood or black leather…
Bruce Springsteen’s 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 Is For Sale
This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle was bought for Bruce Springsteen by his mechanic in 1981, he owned the car in the 1980s and it was later displayed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the…
There’s A Rare Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider For Sale
The Ferrari 250 GT California Spider was actually the brainchild of an American named John von Neumann, he was a California-based importer who had the ear of Ferrari’s main man in the USA –…
The Remarkably Futuristic Tatra T77 From 1934
The Tatra T77 is a relatively unknown vintage car today however its influence on automotive aerodynamics was gargantuan. It was the first production automobile with a streamlined, wind tunnel-tested body and it was so futuristic…
There’s A 1985 Honda VF1000R For Sale
This is a Honda VF1000R, it’s a relatively rare motorcycle as it was only sold for two years – 1985 – 1987 – and it was originally intended as an homologation special that would allow the Honda V4…
For Sale: “The Beast” John Dodd’s 27 Liter Merlin V12-Engined Monster
“The Beast” is one of the most famous custom cars ever built in Britain, this is largely because it’s powered by a monstrous 27 liter V12 Merlin engine, the same as used in the…