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 Nissan 240 RS – A Mighty Group B Rally Underdog
The Nissan 240 RS is one of the great unsung heroes of the certifiably insane Group B rally era, it’s a naturally aspirated vehicle that only made 270 bhp in race trim, yet it still…
The Seaholm Offshore Automatic Watch
This is the Seaholm Offshore automatic watch, it was designed to survive years of rugged outdoor use and it’s powered by the Swiss-made Sellita SW200-1 automatic movement, meaning that it’s purely mechanical and has…
There’s A Supersonic Starfighter For Sale
The CF-104D Starfighter is the Canadian-built version of the legendary Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, an aircraft remembered today as the first production aircraft to reach Mach 2, and the first aircraft to reach an altitude of…
For Sale: A Vincent Rapide V-Twin Engine
The V-twin engine designed for the Vincent Rapide and later used in modified form for the Vincent Black Shadow and Black Lightning is unquestionably one of the most important motorcycle engine designs of the…
A 4×4 Chevolet Corvair Zombie Hunting Van: 100% Road Legal
This is the latest in our “Curious Contraptions” series, where we find unusual, offbeat, or downright insane vehicles online and bring them to you on the off chance you may want to sell your…
The Controversial-Looking BMW 2000 CS: A Neue Klasse GT
The BMW 2000 CS was a member of the all-important Neue Klasse (New Class) series of vehicles introduced by the German automaker in the 1960s to turn their fortunes around and save the ailing…
An Original Camel Trophy Land Rover Defender
This is an original Camel Trophy Land Rover Defender from the Tierra del Fuego event in 1998. It would be the last of the original Camel Trophy events before the ban on cigarette advertising…
The Lone Rider “Travel The World” Bundle
This is the “Travel The World” bundle by the team at Lone Rider, it includes their MotoTent as well as a series of motorcycle panniers, dry bags, a tool roll, and other equipment that…
A Rare Japanese “Mini Supercar” – The Autozam AZ-1
The mid-engined Autozam AZ-1 is one of the most unusual Kei-class sports cars ever made. Originally developed in the 1980s the car carries styling cues from the era, like Ferrari Testarossa-inspired side strakes, DeLorean DMC-12-inspired…
Swiss Soldier’s Knife 08 By Victorinox
This is the Swiss Soldier’s Knife 08 by Victorinox, the manufacturer of those world-renowned Swiss Army Knives that everyone seems to have owned once or twice in their lives. Swiss soldiers have carried Victorinox…
Heinkel Kabine: From Bombers And Fighter Planes To Microcars
During World War II the names Heinkel and Messerschmitt struck fear into the hearts of both the military and civilian populations of all Allied countries. They were the two biggest German aircraft manufacturers, and…
The Ford Supervan – A Van Built On A GT40 Chassis With A 435 HP V8
The Ford Supervan was built in the early 1970s by Terry Drury Racing, they used an actual Ford GT40 chassis including its Gurney-Weslake 435 hp V8. It was the fastest van in the world…