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 Hoss Fly V8 Bar Stool
This is a Hoss Fly V8 Bar Stool, as the name suggests, it’s a bar stool powered by a V8 engine, in this case…
Crate Engine: A 416 BHP Chevrolet 383 “Stroker” V8
This is a small block Chevrolet V8 crate engine that has been built with a Summit Racing 383 stroker kit to bring the displacement…
Ever Seen One Before? An American-Made Maxton “Rollerskate” Roadster
This is a 1991 Maxton Rollerskate Roadster, a car now largely forgotten despite the fact that it was one of the most exciting low-volume…
For Sale: A 1967 Shelby GT500 – The Car That Inspired “Eleanor”
This is a 1967 Shelby GT500 4-speed that benefits from a full restoration and engine rebuild back in the 1990s. It remains a matching-numbers…
The King of Diamonds Throwing Axe
This is the King of Diamonds Throwing Axe from the team at the World Axe Throwing League (WATL). It’s one of their top-shelf throwing…
For Sale: A Rare Street-Legal Harley-Davidson XR750
The Harley-Davidson XR750 is undeniably the most famous flat track racing motorcycle in history, the main gripe of many of the bike’s fans is…
This Is The Phase 1 Prototype LT5 ZR-1 Engine By Lotus Engineering
This is a Phase 1 prototype of the LT5 ZR-1 V8 engine developed by Lotus Engineering in the 1980s on behalf of General Motors,…
A Rare Turbocharged “Duntov” 1980 Corvette Convertible
This is a 1980 Chevrolet Corvette “Duntov,” it’s one of between 30 and 80 that were built by American Custom Industries in collaboration with…
The Vaer C4 Tactical Solar Field Watch
This is the Vaer C4 Tactical Solar Field Watch, each is assembled in the United States, and as the name suggests, it has solar…
For Sale: A WWII-Era North American P-51D Mustang
This is “Sierra Sue II,” it’s a completely restored 1944 North American P-51D Mustang fighter aircraft from the Second World War, and it’s widely…
Crate Engine: The Ford “Aluminator” V8 With 580 BHP
This is a Ford Aluminator V8, it’s a crate engine capable of 580 bhp at 7,800 rpm and 445 lb ft of torque at…
The Last Of The Bullnose Broncos: A Time-Capsule 1986 Ford Bronco XLT
This is a time-capsule-like 1986 Ford “Bullnose” Bronco XLT powered by the 5.0 liter EFI V8 mated to the 4-speed automatic overdrive (AOD) transmission….