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 New Merlin Bandit D3O Waterproof Motorcycle Boots
These are the new Merlin Bandit D3O waterproof motorcycle boots, they’re part of Merlin’s 2022 Explorer Collection designed to be suitable for a wide variety of uses – from simple rides into the office…
Mike Jordan’s TVR Tuscan Challenge Race Car Is For Sale
This TVR Tuscan was built by the TVR factory race team for the 1999 season of the TVR Tuscan Challenge, a one-make British racing series dedicated to the second generation Tuscan – the car you…
The Jeep Fat Tire E-Bike: An Off-Road Alternative To ATVs
This is the Jeep Fat Tire E-Bike from the team at QuietKat, a company based in Eagle, Colorado that has grown to become the number one manufacturer of off-road ebikes designed for fishing, hunting,…
Project Car: A Rare Kellison J6 Panther V8
This is a Kellison J6 Panther, it’s an American sports car developed by Jim Kellison back in the late-1950s that’s been lauded for its advanced body design and its race winning history. Thanks to their…
The Pocket Samurai Folding Knife By StatGear
This is the Pocket Samurai folding knife from the team at StatGear, it’s essentially a small knife you can carry daily for small tasks like package or letter opening. The knife also makes a good addition…
For Sale: A Super Retro 1988 Mercedes-Benz T1 Auto Trail Camper
This is a rare, original 1988 Mercedes-Benz T1 Auto Trail Apache Camper, and by the standards of the heavily Instagrammed “Vanlife” world, it’s the four-wheeled equivalent of an antique mansion. As a full-sized van, the Mercedes-Benz T1 made an…
Full Documentary: Seven Survivors – The 1963 East African Safari Rally
This film, titled Seven Survivors, tells the story of the 1963 East African Safari Rally, one of the toughest and most arduous motor races in the world at the time – in this year only…
Tom Hanks’ 1975 Fiat 128 Is For Sale
The Fiat 128 is perhaps most famous for the fact that Enzo Ferrari used one as his daily driver for many years. The car you see here is famous for a whole other reason,…
The LEGO® Back to the Future Time Machine DeLorean
This is the LEGO® Back to the Future Time Machine, it’s a kit of the DeLorean DMC-12 from Back To The Future and it can be built in three different ways – to become…
The GAZ-69: This Was The Soviet Union’s Answer To The Jeep
The GAZ-69 was developed in the late 1940s as the Soviet Union’s homegrown military 4×4, essentially their answer to the American Jeep that had proven itself to be invaluable over the course of WWII. The Soviet Union received over…
The Waterbury Traditional GMT – $199 USD
This is the new Waterbury Traditional GMT, it’s a member of the new higher end line of watches from Timex using the company’s original name – Waterbury after the Waterbury Clock Company that was founded…
For Sale: A Datsun 260Z Powered By A 400+ HP Corvette LS6 V8
This 1974 Datsun 260Z is now significantly quicker than it was when new, thanks to a slew of modifications including a 400+ bhp Corvette LS6 sending power back through a Tremec T56 6-speed manual…