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 Mystery Motorcycle Engine – Do You Recognise It? (Now Solved)

Editor’s Note: We now have an answer to this, please see the new addendum under the original post. This mystery motorcycle engine has us…
Documentary: The Revival Of A De Havilland Mosquito

This one hour documentary shows the restoration of a WWII era De Havilland Mosquito, from an empty abandoned shell to a fully equipped aircraft…
The Original M*A*S*H Bell 47 Helicopter Is For Sale

The most memorable vehicles in the M*A*S*H TV series were almost certainly the twin Bell 47 choppers that featured heavily in the opening credits – the…
The $1.3 Million Dollar Jeep CJ7 From Gas Monkey Garage Is For Sale

The 1981 Jeep CJ7 you see here was comprehensively restored and upgraded by Richard Rawlings and the crew at Gas Monkey Garage, it was…
There’s A 1,000 HP Mopar Hellephant 426 Hemi Crate Engine For Sale On eBay

The 1,000 hp Mopar Hellephant 426 Hemi crate engine lit up the world’s motoring media when it was released in 2019, the engine sold…
1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 – 4-Speed Manual + Rotisserie Restored

The Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 was developed as a high performance package for the Camaro that would allow Chevrolet to go racing in the Trans…
The Squire K-Canvas® Workshop Apron – 20x The Tensile Strength Of Regular Cotton

This is the Squire K-Canvas® Workshop Apron, it’s made from Earnest Co’s proprietary K-Canvas® material, a heavy cotton and Dupont Kevlar® blend that results in a…
An Original, Unrestored IMZ M-61 Soviet Motorcycle – $6,000 USD

The history of motor vehicles from behind the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain is a thing that many of us in the West are a…
The New NASA-Approved Moon Buggy Control Panel T-Shirt by Silodrome

This NASA-approved shirt features the main control panel of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) better known as the “Moon Buggy”. The Moon Buggy has…
A Restored And Modified Land Rover Defender 110 V8

It took far longer than it should have for the Rover V8 to find its way into the Land Rover, but when it did…
Vowles Motorcycle Sneakers by Umberto Luce

These are the Vowles motorcycle sneakers by Umberto Luce, they’re designed for urban motorcycle use so they offer a balance between comfort and a…
1965 Shelby 427 S/C Cobra “Sanction II” – The NASCAR-Engined Cobra With 550+hp

The 427 cu. in. version of the Shelby Cobra was far more than just a simple engine upgrade from the original 289 cu….