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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Formula 1 Wheel and Pirelli Tire Coffee Table – Super Soft Compound
This coffee table is made from a Formula 1 wheel, an OZ wheel in this case, and a specially developed show tire made to…
The USAG 646 Toolbox – A Buy-It-For-Life Italian Toolbox For $66 USD
We may not all be able to afford to park a piece of bright red Italian metal in our driveway, but thanks to USAG…
Schuberth E1 Gravity Helmet – A State-Of-The-Art German Dual Sport Helmet
The Schuberth E1 Gravity helmet was developed to be a genuine dual-sport helmet, capable of both high-speed highway riding and off-road riding, without compromising…
A Brazilian BMW K100 Cafe Racer With A CVT Transmission For Disabled Riders
This BMW K100 cafe racer is unlike any you’ve ever seen, it’s fitted with a bespoke CVT automatic transmission to allow its partially disabled…
The Vice Candle – A Tobacco, Bourbon, Espresso, and Oatmeal Stout Scented Candle
The team at Flying Tiger Motorcycles have a long history of developing scented candles that people with gasoline in their veins might actually want…
A Mesmerising Honda CB750 Sandcast Restoration Time-Lapse Short Film
This short time-lapse film captures the restoration of an original 1969 Honda CB750 (Sandcast). Remarkably the restoration was completed by Sam Roberts in a…
An Affordable Morgan Three-Wheeler – This Morgan F4 Project Car Is Worth £5,000 to £7,000
Morgan Three-Wheelers are among the most beloved British cars in the world. It’s rare to meet someone who doesn’t love them or at the…
For Sale: A Ferrari F40 Engine
Above image used for display purposes only, courtesy of Ferrari. It isn’t every day that a Ferrari F40 engine pops up for sale on…
Kupilka Firesteel 8 – Firestarter – $21 USD
The Kupilka Firesteel 8 was developed in collaboration with Karu Survival, a company that specialises in teaching bushcraft and survival skills in Finland. With…
Byers SR100 – In 1957 Road & Track Magazine Called This “The Most Beautiful Car In The World”
In 1957 John Bond, the editor and owner of Road & Track Magazine, published a cover story on the Byers SR100 calling it the…
The Harroun Model A-1 Touring – A Car Built By The First Indy 500 Winner
The Harroun Model A-1 was the first production car designed and developed by Ray Harroun, the first man to win the Indianapolis 500 in…
The Hoss Fly – A 250 HP Chevrolet V8-Powered Barstool
The Hoss Fly is a Chevrolet V8-powered barstool created by the team behind the Boss Hoss, an American V8-powered motorcycle that holds the record for having the largest engine of any production motorcycle.
Whereas the Boss Hoss is a series of road legal motorcycles, the Hoss Fly is designed as a non-road legal novelty vehicle that has a top speed of 25 mph, a towing capacity of 2,000 lbs, and it fits neatly into the back of a pickup truck.