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 Only One Left In The World – A Rare Original Motion Performance Manta Ray GT
This is a rare original Motion Manta Ray GT, to cut a long story short, it’s a Corvette that was custom built in the 1970s by a company called Motion Performance, before they were fined…
H-D x Aerosmith Burnout Tee – Limited Edition
This is the new H-D x Aerosmith Burnout Tee, as the name suggests its a collaborative effort between Harley-Davidson and Aerosmith, showing a mid-20th century racer piloting a Harley-Davidson WR under the classic Aerosmith…
The Suzuki GT750 – Japan’s First Liquid Cooled Production Motorcycle
The Suzuki GT750 has the distinction of being Japan’s first liquid-cooled motorcycle, it was developed for much the same reason as the Honda CB750 – to take the fight to the major British and…
A Beautifully Restored 1978 Jeep J10 Golden Eagle Pickup
Every now and then a vehicle pops up for sale that gets me to wondering how much money I could pull together if I emptied the couch cushions and that little box in the…
The New Icon 1000 Synthhawk – A 21st Century Motorcycle Jacket
This is the new-for-2021 Icon 1000 Synthhawk jacket, it was designed by the team at Icon to suit people who want the performance of leather without the added weight – and with much better…
The Husqvarna Model 258 Military – A Motorcycle With Built-In Skis
It’s thought that just 3,000 or so examples of the Husqvarna Model 258 military motorcycle were ever built, they were developed specifically for the Swedish armed forces who already had a long history of…
An Original Ferrari F40 Factory Tool Kit
When the Ferrari F40 was released in 1987 the world was wowed by the car’s rakish styling, hefty rear wing, and its twin turbocharged V8 – but no one paid much attention to the…
The True North Edition Jeep Wrangler by True North Collections
This is the new True North Edition Wrangler, it’s a tailor-made vehicle designed to combine genuine off-road functionality, modern comfort and amenities, with styling cues from iconic four-wheel drives from the mid-to-late 20th century….
The Lonegrade HDR140 – $315 USD
The Lonegrade HDR140 is the first design from the new American watchmaker, it was designed from the outset to be a reasonably priced, daily wearable watch that would be both affordable to everyone while…
The Porsche Testarossa – A Rare Rinspeed Porsche R69 Turbo
This is the Rinspeed Porsche R69 Turbo, or as it was better known in the 1980s, the Porsche Testarossa. This nickname was unofficial of course and it’s likely that neither Porsche or Ferrari were…
Yarnfield Roll Top Motorcycle Bag by Merlin
This is the Yarnfield Roll Top Bag by the team over at Merlin, as with most Merlin gear this bag is intended for use by motorcyclists but it’ll work just as well when you’re…
An Original 1996 Caterham 7 Roadsport – A Scalpel-Sharp Driver’s Car
This is one of just 30 examples of the Caterham 7 Roadsport Limited Edition that were built in 1996, the Roadsport model has become a mainstay of Caterham’s modern offerings in the years since but…