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 Famous Holman Moody Mustang Raced By Cristobal “Batman” Galjuf In South America
The Mustang you’re looking at here has South American DNA running through its veins, it was built at the Ford Motor Company’s factory in…
Unimatic U1-FDN – An Italian-Made Automatic Mechanical Dive Watch – $775 USD
This is the new Unimatic U1-FDN, it’s an Italian-made automatic mechanical dive watch designed to match or surpass the specification of many far more…
Twin-Engined 4×4 Desert Racing Prototype: Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti Bimotore 4×4 Wainer
This is the 1974 Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti Bimotore 4×4 Wainer, it was developed at Alfa Romeo as a potential desert racer for the…
Louis Charles Motorcycle Gloves by Christophe Fenwick
These are the Louis Charles motorcycle gloves by Christophe Fenwick, they were designed for winter use and developed in the style of the…
A Rare 1985 BMW R80 G/S Paris-Dakar – 1 of 200 Ever Made
This is a rare 1985 BMW R80 G/S Paris-Dakar, just 200 were built to this specification in celebration of BMW’s continued success at…
Station Wagon Sleeper: A 300 hp 5.5 Litre V8 Mercedes-Benz 560 TEL Estate Custom
This is one of the most discreet sleepers we’ve seen in recent memory, it was built by Hamburg-based coachbuilding outfit Caro International GmBH…
Halley R-Lamp – Made From A Classic BMW R Series Motorcycle Headlight
This is the new Halley R-Lamp, each is made by hand from a classic BMW R series motorcycle headlight, and each still carries…
An Unusual Rally Racer: Land Rover Defender 90 Challenge Built By Bowler
The Land Rover Defender is likely not the first vehicle you think of when you hear the term “rally car” but that’s exactly…
The Tamiya Lotus Super 7 Series II 1:24 Scale Kit
This is the Tamiya Lotus Super 7 Series II, a 1:24 scale model of a car with one of the longest production runs in…
Documentary: The Devil At Your Heels – The Man Who Attempted To Jump A Car From Canada Into The USA
The Devil At Your Heels is a 1981 documentary about stuntman Ken Carter and his years long mission to build a rocket-powered Lincoln…
For Sale: A Ferrari 3000 (044/1) V12 Formula 1 Engine
This is an original Ferrari 3000 (044/1) V12 Formula 1 engine from the 1995 season, it’s listed as having been fitted to a 1995…
A Pulse Jet Powered Jaguar S-Type by Bob “The Rocketman” Maddox
Bob “The Rocketman” Maddox is one of the most interesting people in the world of custom vehicle creation. He has single-handedly advanced pulse jet…