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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For Sale: A 50+ Year “New-Old-Stock” BMW M10 Crate Engine
This is a BMW M10 long block crate engine that is said to have been bought from an East Coast BMW dealer as a replacement for a BMW 2002Tii. The engine was never used,…
A 455 V8 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
This is a 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme that benefits from a slew of discrete upgrades including the fitment of a modified 455 cubic inch Oldsmobile big block V8, a Turbo 400 transmission, and uprated…
For Sale As A Pair: A Set Of Retro 1980s Honda Gyro S Scooters
This is a pair of Honda Gyro S scooters from 1985 and 1986. The Gyro S was an unusual three-wheeled scooter design with a fascinating history, but it never quite caught on in the…
Twin-Engined! An Incredible 1970 Bug “Stinger” Go-Kart
This is a twin-engined Bug Stinger go kart from 1970 that now benefits from a full restoration. It’s powered by twin McCulloch MC-91/B single-cylinder engines, offering a significant power boost and making it ideal…
The Ed Roth Conestoga “Star Wagon” Is For Sale
This is the Roth Conestoga Star Wagon from 1992, it’s one of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s smallest creations, built around a child’s wagon and powered by a 1 bhp Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine….
For Sale: A 430 BHP Chevrolet 427 All-Aluminum Crate Engine
This is the 128th example of the Chevrolet 427 GM “Anniversary Edition” crate engine, just 427 of these were made, and they used the tooling of the original all-aluminum big-block ZL1 from the late…
This Is The Tamiya “Comical” Hornet R/C Buggy
This is the new Tamiya Comical Hornet, it’s a fun-sized version of the Hornet, one of the company’s most famous and best-loved R/C buggies that debuted all the way back in the 1980s –…
Time Capsule Survivor! A Yamaha XT500 With Just 43 Kms On The Clock
This is a 1981 Yamaha XT500 that has just 47 kms on the odometer from new, making it one of the lowest-mileage examples we’ve ever come across, apart from this one that was still…
The S.O.L. Adventure Ready Survival Kit
This is the S.O.L. Adventure Ready Survival Kit, it was developed by the New Hampshire-based company as a compact kit that fits easily into a backpack or glove compartment, and covers your essential survival…
Need A New Daily? The 1992 Roth Fink Mobile Is For Sale
This is the 1992 Roth Fink Mobile, it’s a six-wheeler with the same fundamental front-end layout as the 1976 Tyrrell P34 six-wheeled F1 car, but on a much smaller platform with power provided by…
The CRKT Provoke X Folding Axe – Designed By Joe Caswell
The CRKT Provoke X Folding Axe is essentially a pocket tomahawk, designed to be compact and ideal for camping trips, then rapidly fold out into a hand axe when you need to chop some…
This Is A 639 BHP Porsche 930 “Turbo” EV
This is a 1983 Porsche 930 Turbo that’s been through a thorough rebuild at the hands of Bisimoto, it now produces over double the original power figure – with 639 bhp at a blistering…