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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For Sale: A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Project Plane: $9 Million USD
This Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is 80% restored and it’s now being offered for sale to a new owner to complete the project, with an asking price of $9,000,000 USD. All Flying Fortresses have…
There’s An Original Spitfire Straight-8 Engine For Sale
This is an original Chrysler Spitfire straight-8 engine from 1949, it has a displacement of 323 cubic inches, or 5.3 liters, and depending on specification it would be capable of up to 165 hp…
The Tiny Subaru 360 Was The First Subaru Production Car Imported Into The USA
While today we often think of Subarus as being either championship winning rally cars or tough all-wheel drive station wagons, the first car ever imported into the USA by the Japanese marque was the…
Film: The Spark Plug Story
This short film offers an excellent 15 minute history lesson into one of the internal combustion engine’s simplest but most important parts: the humble spark plug. The first patents for what we would today…
The Dodge Firearrow II: A Highly-Influential 1950s Concept Car
The Dodge Firearrow II was one of four influential concept cars built by Italian coachbuilders Ghia under the direction of Virgil Exner, one of the most celebrated (and most copied) American car designers of…
The New Bell Eliminator Stockwell Helmet
This is the new Bell Eliminator Stockwell Helmet, it’s a limited edition design by Charlie Stockwell, a name you may already be familiar with due to his extensive work in the custom motorcycle world….
For Sale: A Ford GT40 RCR Stunt Car From “Ford v Ferrari”
This is one of six GT40s built by RCR for the Oscar winning film Ford v Ferrari starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon. The car was built to 1966 Ford GT40 specifications for the movie with very…
One Year Only Model: The 1927 Indian Scout
Despite the fact that the Indian Chief tends to get more adoration from the general motorcycle population, it was the Indian Scout that did much of the heavy lifting on the early race tracks…
A Rare Fiberfab Jamaican
If you’re looking at the car pictured above and wondering what it is, you’re not alone. It started life as a 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 however it obviously looks nothing like that now, because it…
The Shinola Monster Automatic: A Swiss-Powered Watch From Detroit – $1,250+ USD
This is the new Shinola Monster Automatic, it’s a full-featured dive watch assembled in the United States and powered by a Swiss-made automatic movement. Shinola was founded in Detroit back in 2011 to see if…
A Highly-Modified Lotus Europa Racer – 24 Hours of Daytona Veteran
This Lotus Europa is a road racer that competed in the 1978 Daytona 24 Hours after being comprehensively rebuilt into a dedicated race car capable of taking on the best in the world. Automotive…
The Seraph Gloves By 78 Motor Company
These are the new Seraph gloves by the 78 Motor Company, they were originally sketched out on a napkin during a pre-Covid flight and during a lockdown the company founder Anthony worked through several…