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 History Of Flight: A Documentary About The First 100 Years Of Flying
A History Of Flight is an almost two hour long documentary that covers the remarkable achievements of the first 100 years or flight, from the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk to the Space Race,…
Vintage Race Car For Sale: Datsun 240Z
This Datsun 240Z has been completely rebuilt to compete in vintage motorsport events, and thanks to the remarkable racing successes of the 240Z in period competition the car should be eligible to compete in a…
The Finnegan Wallet By Lost Dutchman Leather – 100% Made In The USA
This is the Finnegan, it’s a minimalist flap-style vertical wallet designed to carry all the things you need and none of the things you don’t. One of the key drawbacks to traditional leather wallets…
Ex-Ayrton Senna: 1986 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
Two examples of the Mercedes-Benz 190E Cosworth were supplied to Team Lotus in 1986, a multiple-championship winning Formula 1 team, for use by Ayrton Senna and other team members. The car you see here…
For Sale: A Ferrari 642 F1-91 F1 Car Front Wing – Ex-Alain Prost 1991
This is a front wing used by Alain Prost on his Ferrari 642 F1 car during the controversial 1991 season. The four time F1 World Champion could manage only five podium finishes and no wins in…
Curious Contraptions: The Pulse Autocycle (And It’s For Sale)
This is one of just 326 examples of the Pulse Autocycle that was made, this example was used by Coca-Cola as a marketing vehicle and as you can see it’s still carrying the Coca-Cola…
Brutus Rampante Off-Road Motorcycle Boots
These are the new Brutus Rampante boots, they’re off-road motorcycle boots designed and made in Italy from locally tanned cowhide in the style of classic motocross and enduro boots used in the 1950s and…
This Is The Only Glöckler-Porsche 356 Carrera 1500 Coupe Ever Built
This is the only Glöckler-Porsche 356 Carrera 1500 that was ever made, it’s a hand-built car sitting on a Porsche 356 platform and powered by the celebrated Ernst Fuhrmann-designed four-cam “vertical shaft” flat-four Porsche…
For Sale: An Early McDonnell Douglas Space Shuttle Model Proposal
This is an original early Space Shuttle model from McDonnell Douglas, it wasn’t the final design chosen for production of course but it does provide an interesting window into the history of the Space Shuttle program….
The Jensen 541R: A Rare British GT Classic
This is the Jensen 541R and if you’ve never seen one before that’s probably because just 193 of them were made between 1957 and 1960, and very few were exported out of Britain. The…
ADV:Overland At The Petersen – Curated By Paul d’Orléans
The all-new ADV:Overland exhibition kicked off at the beginning of July at the Petersen Automotive Museum, it’s made up of 23 machines including record-setting motorcycles, Hollywood sci-fi vehicles, and spacecraft models on loan from NASA’s…
A Custom Triumph Speed Twin by Untitled Motorcycles
This is a brand new Triumph Speed Twin that’s been given the custom treatment by Adam and the team over at Untitled Motorcyles in London, England. The project to build this Triumph happened during one…