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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There’s A Rolls-Royce V12 Meteor Tank Engine For Sale On eBay – $5,900 USD
The Rolls-Royce V12 Meteor tank engine was a direct derivative of the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 – an engine used in aircraft like the…
Barn Fresh: 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S
The Lamborghini Miura P400 S was introduced in 1968 with a series of modest upgrades over the original Miura P400 which had been released…
Go Left Tee – A Flat Tracker T-Shirt From Australia
This is the new Go Left Tee from the team at 100MPH, an Australian motorcycle apparel company that’s been in business since 2012 turning…
Documentary: Rallying In The 1980s
Many consider the 1980s to be the golden age of rally, it’s a tough call however as the 1960s and 1970s offered a slew…
A Japanese-British Racer – A 1970 Rickman Metisse-Suzuki 500 Titan
This is an original Rickman Metisse-Suzuki 500 Titan, one of the earlier Japanese-engined road racing Rickmans. The combination of reliable, high-output Japanese motorcycle engines…
The Amazing One Wheeled Vehicles Of Inventor Charles F. Taylor
Inventor Charles F. Taylor’s one wheeled vehicles are a fascinating automotive “what if?” that never saw the required development time or resources devoted to…
This Is The First Apollo 3500 GT Spider – It’s 1 Of Only 5 Ever Made
This is the first Apollo 3500 GT Spider that was ever built, just 5 Spider versions of the Apollo 3500 GT would be…
A Rare 1964 Aermacchi Harley-Davidson Race Bike
The Harley-Davidson Aermacchi era was an early pre-cursor to both the Buell era and the current era where we see Harley-Davidson branching out into…
A Historically Significant Project Motorcycle – An Early Egli-Vincent Black Shadow
This Egli-Vincent Black Shadow is a project motorcycle that’ll take a fair amount of work and parts to get back into road-going form. That…
The DL Adventure Dromedary Patented Ultra Lightweight Motorcycle Tent
The DL Adventure Dromedary Patented Motorcycle Tent is a relatively new offering in the growing motorcycle camping genre. It incorporates two features we’ve seen…
A Rare Italian-American Corvette Rival – The 1968 Intermeccanica Italia
The Intermeccanica Italia is a remarkable ’60s-era sports car designed and built by a small team of Americans and Italians all under the direction…
The Billykirk No. 495 Camera Strap – 100% Made In The USA From Latigo Leather
The Billykirk No. 495 camera strap is made from premium American latigo leather hide. This type of leather is made using a combination tanning…