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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Kasperi S.04 Fold Top Backpack – Whitetail Deer Leather
This is the new Kasperi Fold Top Backpack, each one is handmade in Finland with a primary body of whitetail deer leather, combined with…
Honda CT50 Motra – A Rare Off-Road Scooter With High + Low Range
The Honda CT50 Motra is one of the more unusual two-wheeled creations from Honda, it’s an off-road scooter that was designed to be genuinely…
The Bell Eliminator Carbon Helmet – A State-Of-The-Art Helmet With Vintage Styling
This is the Bell Eliminator Carbon Helmet, as the name implies, it’s the newer, lighter version of the popular Eliminator model line design for…
For Sale: An Original Parnelli VPJ-4 American Formula 1 Car Driven By Mario Andretti
This is one of just three American-built Formula 1 car developed by the Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing team in the mid-1970s and driven by…
Not Just A Number – A Documentary About The History Of The Lotus + Caterham 7
Not Just A Number is a documentary about one of the most enduring car designs in history, the Lotus 7, still in production now…
Parnelli Jones’ 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Is For Sale
This 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 was personally owned and driven by Parnelli Jones, an icon of American racing and the man who won…
For Sale: An Alfa Romeo Tipo 105 Engine – 1.6 Litres + 180 BHP
This is an Alfa Romeo Tipo 105 engine, perhaps better known simply as an Alfa Romeo Twin Cam with the Italians calling it the…
Kawasaki Ninja ZX900 – Made Famous By Tom Cruise In “Top Gun”
The Kawasaki Ninja ZX900, also known as the Kawasaki GPZ900R, will probably always be best known for being the motorcycle ridden by Tom Cruise…
An Original Set Of Bugatti EB110 Wheels – $9,400 to $14,200 USD
This is an original set of Bugatti EB110 wheels, they’re coming up for sale with RM Sotheby’s and as you may imagine they cost more…
Ford Escort Mk II RS1800 Group 4 – A Road-Legal Rally Car
This Ford Escort Mk II is a road-legal historic rally car with significant racing history to its name, it’s a Mk II RS1800 Group…
Julbo Cham – Mountaineering + Aviator Sunglasses
These are the Julbo Cham mountaineering sunglasses, French company Julbo was an early pioneer in the sunglasses business, creating eyewear for mountain climbers who…
1945 North American P-51D Mustang “Little Rebel” – $2,250,000 USD
This is an original 1945 North American P-51D Mustang, it’s been comprehensively restored and it now has just 88 hours of air time since…