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 Very Early TVR – The TVR Grantura Series II From 1961
The TVR Grantura was a critically important early model from the unusual British car maker, and it would help establish their reputation for building…
Lego Speed Champions: The 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1
This is the Lego version of the 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1, unlike many more curvaceous classic cars the boxy Sport quattro S1 is…
Roman’s Siberian Monster Trike – A Russian Snow Weapon
Roman Bulach is a Russian engineer who lives in Siberia, specifically in the Novosibirsk region of western Siberia. Siberia is famous for both its…
A 1.3 Litre Egli Vincent Racer – A Custom British Superbike For The God Of Thunder
It’s a rare occurrence when an already famous motorcycle is modified in such a way that the modified examples become almost as famous as…
An Unrestored Original Survivor: 1969 Ford Bronco 302 V8
Finding original, unrestored, and unmodified first generation Ford Broncos is almost as difficult as finding similarly original 1932 Ford V8s. The Bronco has been…
The New Origine Virgo Motorcycle Helmet – An Italian Modern Classic Enduro Design
This is the new-for-2020 Origine Virgo motorcycle helmet, it’s the latest addition to the retro full face motorcycle genre and I have a sneaking…
1957 Jaguar XKSS Continuation – The Three Time Le Mans Winning D-Type In Street Clothes
Although just 25 examples of the Jaguar XKSS were built it took the company over 60 years to complete them all, because of a…
The Timex Navi XL – A Tough, Daily Wearable American Watch For $155 USD
The Timex Navi XL is a new dive watch from the American watchmaker designed to evoke the styling cues of their original dive watches…
Documentary: The Incredible Rediscovery Of A Le Mans Porsche 356 SL
This short documentary by the talented team at Praemio covers the rediscovery and restoration of one of the most historically significant cars from Porsche’s…
There’s An Original Concorde Jet Engine For Sale On eBay
The Concorde still stands as one of the most impressive aircraft ever developed, it made supersonic travel a possibility for civilians for the first…
Matchless G80CS Marksman – The Four Time British 500 Motocross Championship Winner
The Matchless G80CS was one of the most dominant scrambles and off-road racing motorcycles of the 1950s and early 1960s. Before the arrival of…
The New Pandemonium Attachment T-Shirt by Silodrome
“A motorcycle is a bicycle with pandemonium attachment, and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics.” – So goes…