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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The Cobra Dragster – An 8+ Foot Long R/C Two-Stroke Nitrous Dragster Capable Of 70+ MPH
In the world of R/C cars there are your standard off-the-shelf designs popular with kids and adults alike, then there are the slightly more serious vehicles like this – the 70+ mph Cobra Dragster….
For Sale: An Alvis Sabre Light Tank – A Pandemic Proof Daily Driver?
This is an Alvis Sabre light tank and it’s historically notable for a couple of reasons, the most significant of which is that it’s directly based on the FV101 Scorpion light tank which holds…
Blundstone 510 – The Classic Australian Leather Boot – $190 USD
Blundstone has been one of Australia’s most famous boot makers for over 150 years and counting. Headquartered on the island of Tasmania the company supplied hundreds of thousands of boots to Australian soldiers through…
The Mini Jeep – A Drivable Gasoline-Powered Off Roader
This mini Jeep is modeled on the WW2-era military MB/GPW Jeeps from the early to mid 1940s. Just like the original full sized Jeep this one uses steel body-on-frame construction, it’s army green with…
Full Film: Master Hands – A Detailed Look At Chevrolet Manufacturing In Pre-WWII America
This is the first 4K resolution scan of Master Hands, a film described as a classic capitalist realist drama showing the manufacture of Chevrolet automobiles from the foundry to the finished vehicles rolling out of…
Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 Custom – A Distinguished Gentleman’s Cafe Racer
This Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 custom was built by Mark Hawwa, a man best known in the global vintage and custom motorcycle world as the founder of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride – an…
Barn Find: A Rare Lotus Elan +2 130S/5 “John Player Special”
This is one of just 115 examples of the “John Player Special” version of the Lotus Elan +2 130S/5 that were finished in the same black and gold “JPS” livery as the Lotus Formula…
The Super73-S2 Universal Electric Motorbike
This is the Super73-S2, it’s the updated version of the original Super73, an electric motorcycle/bicycle that has become a common sight on streets from New York to Nice. The key to the success of…
For Sale: The First Lancia Rally 037 Group B Prototype
The car you see here was the first and most significant prototype made for the Lancia Rally 037, a vehicle with significant historic significance due to the fact that it was the first car…
MOMODesign Firegun 3 WP Motorcycle Boots
These are the new MOMODesign Firegun 3 WP Motorcycle Boots, a recently developed model line from the Italian company designed to cater to urban motorcyclists who need shoes they can safely ride in, but…
Affordable Time Machine – A DeLorean DMC-12 With Just 6,000 Miles On The Odometer
This is an original 1982 DeLorean DMC-12, it’s fitted with the desirable 5-speed manual transmission and amazingly it has accumulated just 6,000 miles since new. It’s being offered for sale with a price guide…
For Sale: Wrecked Body Panels From The Colin McRae 2001 Ford Focus RS WRC
The damage sustained to these Ford Focus RS WRC body panels tells the story of Colin McRae and Nicky Grist’s near win in the 2001 World Rally Championship. The two men went into the…