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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The Ka-Bar “Space-Bar” – United States Space Force Fighting Knife
On April Fools Day of 2019 the American knife maker Ka-Bar made a comical post on their social media channels about a new model – the “Space-Bar” fighting knife designed for the then-new United…
A Handbuilt Yamaha Trackmaster TZ750 Dirt Tracker With 120+HP
This Yamaha Trackmaster TZ750 dirt tracker was built by AMA Hall of Fame Member Gary Davis, a former professional motorcycle jumper, veteran Hollywood stuntman, motorcycle racer, and master fabricator. The TZ750 is best known…
British Army Training Film: Land Rover – Safe Driving Techniques
This is a 31 minute instructional film created by Land Rover UK for the British Ministry of Defense to teach new recruits how to drive Land Rovers, both on and off road, in a…
1 Of 29 Ever Made: A Rare Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing
When it was introduced in February of 1954 at the International Motor Sports Show in New York the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing sent shockwaves through the automotive world. It was both the fastest production…
For Sale: A Douglas AD Skyraider Attack Aircraft
The Douglas Skyraider was designed during WWII and would prove so useful it remained in active service well into the 1980s, it was developed to combine the roles of dive-bombing and torpedo missions into a…
Off-Grid Adventure Vehicle: A Ford E350 4×4 Camper Van With 440+ HP
This is a 2003 Ford E350 4×4 that has been converted into one of the most off-road capable camper vans we’ve featured in recent memory, and it can accommodate two people for extended periods off the…
Sydney Pollack’s Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider Is For Sale
This 1971 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider has a fascinating history – it belonged to Sydney Pollack for a number of years in the 1970s, an Academy Award-winning director best known for his films Out of…
Handbuilt In Texas: The Simpson Design Swift Roadster
This is the Simpson Design Swift Roadster, it’s a classically-styled sports car with a 0-60 mph time of under 4.0 seconds, it rides on modern suspension and disc brakes, and it gets excellent fuel…
For Sale: A Steve McQueen Metisse Desert Racer
This is a Steve McQueen Metisse Desert Racer, it’s one of 300 that will be made, each is built to the specifications of the example owned by Steve McQueen in period and the series…
Barn Find: A 1982 Ferrari 308 GTSi Project Car
This 1982 Ferrari 308 GTSi was uncovered in a French barn along with the many other extraordinary cars in the Baillon Collection. Since then it’s been carefully stored in a sealed air chamber to…
A Slovenian Custom Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 By Gas & Retro
This custom Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 was built by the team at Gas & Retro based out of Slovenia in Eastern Europe. This isn’t a country we typically associate with world class custom motorcycles but…
Jenson Button’s 1970 Ford Bronco Is For Sale
This highly modified 1970 Ford Bronco currently belongs to Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula One World Championship winning driver. He’s decided to part with it and it’s currently being offered for sale in a live auction online….