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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A Land Cruiser FJ45 With An 80-Series Chassis And A Tundra V8
This vehicle started life as a 1964 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45, in more recent years it was rebuilt and it now rides on a Land Cruiser 80-series chassis with uprated suspension, and it’s powered by…
A 1/3 Scale Ferrari F40 Body Shell For Display
This is a 1/3 scale fiberglass Ferrari F40 body shell that is said to have been taken directly from an original model produced by Pininfarina/Ferrari for auto shows and dealers to promote the then-new…
A Road-Legal Alvis Stormer High Velocity Missile Tank
This is an Alvis Stormer HVM (High Velocity Missile), it was developed as a short-range surface-to-air missile system to neutralize the threat of attack helicopters and low-flying enemy aircraft. The example you see here is road-legal…
There’s A Rover Vitesse SD1 TWR Group A Spec Touring Car For Sale
This 1984 Rover Vitesse SD1 TWR Group A specification touring car was painstakingly rebuilt, at a six figure cost, to resurrect the mighty TWR/010 SD1 which was destroyed in an accident at a famously wet Silverstone…
Adventure Bike Perfection: A BMW R100GS By Blunk’s Garage
This BMW R100GS benefits from a slew of major upgrades including all new front and rear suspension and brakes, but it keeps the mechanical and electrical simplicity of the original – making it ideal…
The New Grenade Motorcycle Gloves from Akin Moto
These are the new low-profile Grenade Gloves from Akin Moto, they’re designed to offer excellent protection while remaining as slim and lightweight as possible. The secret to the slim design is the use of…
For Sale: A Defender SVX From The James Bond Film “Spectre”
This is one of the highly specialized vehicles that was built for use in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre. Of the 10 examples of the Defender SVX built for the film, 7 have…
OMP Carrera Mid-Cut Racing Shoes
These are the popular Carrera mid-cut racing shoes from Italian racing equipment company OMP. The boots come in three colorways, all pictured in this post, sizing ranges from 37 to 48 (EU), and they retail for…
Abandoned In A Parking Lot: A 1989 Ferrari Testarossa
This 1989 Ferrari Testarossa was left abandoned and unused in a parking lot by its former owner, remaining under a cover for over 20 years after having accumulated just over 22,000 km since new….
Engine – A London Dry Gin From Italy
Engine is a unique take on the concept of a London dry gin, it’s made in northwestern Italy not far from Turin, and its recipe pays tribute to Italian and Piedmont tradition, containing rosolios, cordials,…
The Controversial “Gucci” Lynx Eventer By Paolo Gucci
It isn’t widely known that in the late 1980s Paolo Gucci, the former design director of Gucci, worked with British coachbuilder Lynx to create a limited run of 20 Jaguar XJS shooting brakes. The car you…
The Spare Tire Mount BBQ Grate By Front Runner Outfitters
This this is Spare Tire Mount BBQ Grate by the team at Front Runner Outfitters, and just as the name suggests, it’s a BBQ grate that slots over your spare tire when not in…