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 Complete Corvette Pace Car Collection Is For Sale – 18 Cars Total
This is the first time in recent memory that such an expansive collection of Corvette Pace Cars have been offered for sale as a single package. There are 18 cars in total and they…
For Sale: An Original Cheney Triumph ISDT Specification Racer
This is a Cheney Triumph based on the mechanicals of a 1970 Triumph Daytona. It was built in 1995 by Eric Cheney himself, an icon of the early off-road motorcycling scene who made some…
The Only Bizzarrini Monoposto Prototype “F1 Car” Ever Built
This is the only example of the 1965 Bizzarrini Monoposto prototype that was ever built, it’s a single-seat, open-wheeled racing car powered by a highly-modified Corvette 327 V8 producing over 420 bhp. Though it likely…
1 Of 3 Prototypes Ever Made: The 200 MPH Ford Torino King Cobra
The Ford Torino King Cobra was developed in secrecy with a single goal in mind – to beat the Dodge Charger Daytona and Plymouth Superbird, two cars that were threatening to dominate NASCAR competition. In…
A Datsun 280ZX Turbo – An Early 80s Legend
This is an original Datsun 280ZX Turbo, a model developed specifically to boost the power output of the Z series whilst unashamedly taking advantage of the 80s-era turbo craze – a time when even…
There’s A Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution “King Of The Dakar” For Sale
The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution was released in 1997 as the Japanese automaker’s latest Paris-Dakar Rally challenger. 2,500 road-legal versions were made for homologation purposes, internally codenamed V55W, and today they’re highly collectible. Mitsubishi still holds the Guinness World Record…
Vintage Documentary: Is This The Car Of The Future?
This short film, titled “Is This The Car Of The Future?” is part of the BBC Tomorrow’s World archive from 1971. In the film James Burke takes a look at what was probably the most…
For Sale: A Championship Winning 1988 Jeep Comanche Race Truck
This is the 1988 Jeep Comanche Race Truck that was driven by Tommy Archer in all 11 rounds of the 1988 SCCA RaceTruck Challenge – winning four races and earning the Driver’s Championship with…
The New Honda NX650 Retro Racer by Petrology
This is the new Honda NX650 Racer from the team over at Petrology, as the name suggests its based on an NX650 Dominator which is a bit of an unusual starting point for any…
There’s A Fleet Of Ex-Australian Army Unimogs For Sale (Individually)
This fleet of 20 ex-Australian Army Unimogs is currently for sale online, they’re each being listed individually and at the time of writing the bidding on the cheapest is at $1,200 while the most…
Angry Lane Leather Gloves
French brothers Ben and G founded Angry Lane back in 2012 in Hong Kong, a major Asian metropolis that’s been likened to both New York and Chicago. Ever since they started Angry Lane Ben…
The “Forgotten Ferrari” 365 GTC/4
The Ferrari 365 GTC/4 has been called the “Forgotten Ferrari” by some, largely due to the fact that it was produced alongside the legendary Ferrari 365 GTB/4 “Daytona” that essentially claimed all of the spotlight….