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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This Is The Only Allard K1/2 Ever Made
The cars built by Allard directly influenced the thinking of both Zora Arkus-Duntov, the father of the Corvette, and Carroll Shelby, the father of the Shelby Cobra. Both men were racing drivers for company…
Full Documentary: What’s Under Your Hood? – A 1973 Film That Teaches How Cars Work
What’s Under Your Hood? is a 1973 film that was created to teach people how various mechanical systems in their cars work. It runs just 10 minutes in length, but despite its relative brevity it…
Barn Find: The Auburn 653 Phaeton Discovered On The TV Show “American Pickers”
This is the 1935 Auburn 653 Phaeton that was discovered in a barn in season 12 of the popular TV series American Pickers. The car had been sitting in storage for decades in South…
1980s Legends Return: The Mongoose California Special And Supergoose BMX Bikes Are Back
Anyone who grew up in the 80s or 90s will have a number of vivid memories from their childhood, things like playing Super Mario Bros on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, seeing Ghostbusters on…
For Sale: A Flight-Ready WWII-Era Supermarine Spitfire IX
This 1943 Supermarine Spitfire IX has just been through an 11 year, 100 point restoration, it’s now been returned to as-new zero flight hour configuration, and it’s being offered for sale. The restoration was…
The Inaugural Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive
The first running of the Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive occurred this past weekend, a global event that sees men and women dress up in their Sunday best for a group drive to a secret destination followed…
Drag-U-La From “The Munsters” Is For Sale
This is the “Drag-U-La,” a coffin-based drag racer that was designed by Tom Daniel then built by George Barris for The Munsters, a 1960s era TV series about a family of relatively benign monsters…
Rare Garage Find – 1 Of 4 Ever Built: The Jaguar XK140 By Ghia
It’s believed that just four examples of the Jaguar XK140 were bodied by Ghia, an Italian coachbuilding firm responsible for some of the most beautiful cars of the era. Of the four cars that…
Moto Guzzi V7 III Custom by Vagabund Moto
This is a Moto Guzzi V7 III that has been comprehensively rebuilt by the Austrian team over at Vagabund Moto, a European custom motorcycle garage with a global reputation. This build began when the…
The Black Dot Mark II By Blitz Motorcycles
This is the Black Dot Mark II by Blitz Motorcycles, one of the original modern custom motorcycle garages that operates out of a secretive workshop in a Paris neighborhood hidden away and impossible to find unless…
The Roland Sands Truman CE Armored Motorcycle Jacket
This is the new Roland Sands Truman CE Jacket, it’s a motorcycle jacket that’s designed to offer its wearer excellent protection while looking like it was just discovered in the back of an Isle…
The Daimler SP250 – An Ex-British Police High-Speed Pursuit Car
The Daimler SP250 is a V8-powered British sports car famous for a number of things in classic car circles, the three most common of which are that the car is powered by an excellent 2.5…