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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Full Vintage Documentary: Vacuum Control Chevrolet Gearshift – 1938
This short film, titled Vacuum Control, explains in detail how Chevrolet’s then-new column shifted manual transmission works. It was produced and released in 1938 to accompany the new technology. For many drivers during the early days…
For Sale: A Street-Legal 1977 Honda CB500 Race Bike
This Honda CB500 race bike was built in the 1970s by engineer Brian Brownrigg for Bolton-based rider Chris Hawkes, the bike won three separate championships in period, it was later lightly modified and registered…
Prince Philip’s Albatross Super Sports Ski Boat – $26,000+
This is the original and unrestored 1956 Albatross MkIII Super Sports Runabout that was owned and used by the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was made using aircraft design principles and it…
Barn Find: A De Tomaso Pantera Project Super Car
This is a 1972 De Tomaso Pantera that spent the last 20 years parked in the corner of a barn in Georgia before being rediscovered. The car is fitted with the correct 330 bhp 351…
An “Affordable” Ford Mustang-Based Batmobile
This Batmobile was built by Z cars in the United Kingdom using a 1965 Ford Mustang as the foundation. It has a fiberglass body, a spaceframe chassis, a 4-speed manual transmission, and a 380…
For Sale: Nigel Mansell’s 1991 Birkin Seven Sprint
This is a 1991 Birkin Seven Sprint, it was ordered new by Formula 1 driver and future world champion Nigel Mansell. He kept the car in his private collection for decades and has only…
The Amazing Rattletrap Beach Races In Australia
Five years ago a new event rattled the windows of holiday makers at the Crowdy Head caravan park on the coast of New South Wales in Australia, located three and a half hours north…
The Marcos GT: An Unusual Sports Car With A Plywood Chassis
This is a Marcos 1600 GT from 1968, a car that’s remarkable for a few reasons, the most famous of which is that its chassis is made from plywood. Building a car with a plywood…
The Explorer Set Mk II By Kasperi x Roselli
This is the Explorer Set Mk II By Kasperi x Roselli, it’s a kit made up of a Kasperi Fold Top backpack made from whitetail deer leather, a Kasperi Puukko 4″ knife made by Roselli,…
The Brockhouse Corgi: A Folding Motorcycle Based On A Design For WWII Commandos
The Brockhouse Corgi is the civilian version of the Welbike, a small folding motorcycle developed during WWII to be air-dropped behind enemy lines with commandos, to provide them with a means of transport. The…
You Can Buy An Original “Jungle Bird” Hawaiian Shirt Made Famous By Magnum P.I.
The “Jungle Bird” shirt worn by Tom Selleck in his role as Magnum P.I. is undoubtably the most famous Hawaiian shirt in history. Selleck wore the shirt in the opening sequence and in many of the…
1 Of 14 Ever Made: The Rare 1989 Isdera Spyder 036i
This is the Isdera Spyder 036i, just 14 are believed to have been made by the secretive German automaker, and the example shown here might just be the fastest of them all. Isdera first…