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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Switch eScrambler: The World’s First Production Electric Scrambler
This is the new Switch eScrambler, it’s a new electric motorcycle from New Zealand that claims to be the first production electric scrambler in the world. The eScrambler has 70 hp, a range of 150…
A Rare Tommykaira ZZ: The Japanese Sports Car Made Famous By Gran Turismo
This is the Tommykaira ZZ, it’s an unusual sports car that became a legend in 1999 due to its inclusion in the wildly popular racing game Gran Turismo 2 for the Sony PlayStation. When…
1932 USA Geological Relief Map
This is the 1932 USA Geological Relief Map from Muir Way, it’s a large 42″ by 24″ inch print of a historical map of the United States from 1932 with detailed 3D USGS elevation map…
A Lancia Stratos HF “Road Racer”
This Lancia Stratos HF is one of very few that was raced on track in the United States in period, with entries in the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, 6 Hours…
Belstaff Mansion Shirt: An Impact + Abrasion Resistant Motorcycle Shirt
This is the Belstaff Mansion Shirt, it’s an impact and abrasion resistant shirt specifically developed for urban motorcyclists who don’t want the bulk of a traditional motorcycle jacket. Each of these shirts is made…
Porsche’s Answer To The Jeep: The Rare 1955 Porsche Type 597 “Jagdwagen”
The Porsche Type 597, perhaps best known as the “Jagdwagen” or “hunting car,” is an amphibious military 4×4 developed for a German military tender in the early 1950s. The car you see here is…
For Sale: A 15.3 Liter Seagrave T-Head Straight-Six Engine From 1916
This 1916 Seagrave T-Head engine is an inline-six with a displacement of 15.3 liters (934 cubic inches.) The engine has a crossflow head design with three spark plugs per cylinder, and it tips the scales…
Retro Vanlife: A 1982 Chevrolet K20 Scottsdale 4×4 Caveman Camper
This 1982 Chevrolet K20 Scottsdale has been fitted with a 1973 Caveman Camper and the original 6.2 liter diesel V8 has been removed and replaced with a more modern and more powerful 7.4 liter…
Full Documentary: Nigel Mansell’s 1993 Indy 500
This documentary runs at almost one and a half hours long, it tells the story of Nigel Mansell’s entry in the 1993 Indianapolis 500 in great detail, and includes many other legends from the…
A BMW K1100 “Flying Brick” Cafe Racer By Kustom Moto
This 1992 BMW K1100 has been rebuilt by the team over at Kustom Moto into a modern cafe racer. Unlike many vintage customs, this bike will be genuinely quick by modern standards thanks to its 100+…
The Piloti Apex Driving Shoe
This is the Piloti Apex, it’s a modern driving shoe designed to look like regular streetwear, but it hides a number of features that have been developed specifically for automotive use. Piloti was founded…
American Designed + Built – The Byers SR-100: “The Most Beautiful Car In The World”
In February of 1957 the Byers SR-100 was featured on the cover of Road & Track Magazine, John Bond, the owner of the magazine, proclaimed that it was “The Most Beautiful Car In The…