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: Ferrari F40 Wire Frame Sculpture
This is a wire frame sculpture of the Ferrari F40 – inarguably one of the Italian automakers most important and historically significant supercars. The F40 was styled by Leonardo Fioravanti working under Pietro Camardella…
The Only One Of Its Kind: A Jaguar XK140 Special Equipment By Michelotti
This is the Jaguar XK140 as you may never have seen it before – re-clothed by Giovanni Michelotti with a unique, one-off body after the original was damaged in an accident. The car is…
The Merlin Mahala D3O Raid Jacket
This is the Merlin Mahala D3O Raid Jacket, it was developed by the Britsh company for people who plan to ride their motorcycles in some of the world’s hotter regions – be it the…
Motorcycle Design Icon: A Pre-WWII BMW R12
The BMW R12 is one of the most beautiful motorcycles from its era and many consider it one of the most beautiful of the 20th century – thanks to its flawless art deco looks…
The GoRuck M22 Cordura Backpack: $195 USD
This is the GoRuck M22 Cordura Backpack, it has a design inspired by the simple canvas bags used by GIs in the Vietnam War, but it’s made using all modern materials and methods. The…
Off-Grid + Adventure Ready: An Iveco 90-16 4×4 Overland Camper
This overland camper was built in the United States on the back of an Iveco 90-16 4×4 that had been in use since the late 1980s as German all-terrain firefighting truck – the cab retains…
For Sale: An Original Chrysler Sno-Runner
The Chrysler Sno-Runner is almost certainly the strangest vehicle ever produced by the American automaker. It’s essentially a snow-moped with a single ski up front, a powered single track in the rear, and it was…
Weird Wheels: A Vectrix VX-1 Electric Custom Motorcycle
When you first lay eyes on this Vectrix VX-1 custom it’s not completely clear what you’re looking at. It somewhat resembles the Henderson KJ Streamline but its body is wood rather than alloy and…
Randolph Aviator Sunglasses: U.S. Military Pilot Standard Issue
These are the Randolph Aviator Sunglasses, they have the unusual distinction of having been standard issue for U.S. military pilots and astronauts for over 40 years. Each pair of Randolph sunglasses in this series…
For Sale: A Rare Early Mercedes-Benz Unimog
This is the Mercedes-Benz Unimog 411, it’s a member of the first generation of Mercedes-built Unimogs that incorporated a range of improvements over the earlier versions. The 411 series was developed after the Daimler-Benz…
KTM 990 Super Duke Flat Tracker: Second Wave 001
This is the KTM 990 Super Duke as we’ve ever seen it before, as a stripped back lightweight flat tracker that would likely make very light work of a Harley-Davidson XR750. Named Second Wave 001,…
For Sale: A Lotus-Renault 98T-Style Go-Kart
This is a Lotus-Renault 98T-style go kart, it was built specifically to resemble the car driven by Ayrton Senna in the 1986 Formula 1 season in which he took eight pole positions, eight podium places,…