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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Silodrome’s Top 20 Cars Of 2020
Editor’s Note: For the first time in Silodrome’s 10 year history we’re publishing the Top Cars list for a year in early January of the following year. The reason for this is that last year we unfairly missed a car from the list because it went viral after we published the Top 10 in late December – so from now on we’ll do the Top Cars and Top Motorcycles lists in early January.
The Only De Tomaso Mangusta Shelby MkV Prototype Ever Made
The De Tomaso Mangusta Shelby MkV prototype is a little known historical oddity, but it very nearly became the Ford-badged successor to the Ford GT40 that would have been sold in Ford dealers…
The Seiko 5 Sports – An Unusually Affordable Automatic Dive Watch – $295 USD
The Seiko 5 Sports offers one of the best value propositions in the world of big-name automatic mechanical wristwatches. The watch carries an MSRP of just $295 USD but it’s powered by the…
The Mighty American Doodle Bug Scooter
The Doodle Bug was an American scooter that was built in the late 1940s and largely targeted at teens and those too young for a motorcycle. That said, the Doodle Bug could be…
The 18 Wrench Leather Tool Roll by Kruk Garage
This is the popular leather tool roll by the team at Kruk Garage, each uses thick cowhide leather construction for toughness and they roll up to keep your tools safe and compact but…
The Renault 5 Turbo – The World’s First Mid-Engined Hot Hatch Production Car
This Renault 5 Turbo 1 is a rare original Marlboro livery team car that was driven in the European Championship R5 Cup – a race series that was a supporting event to the…
Fast Ladies – A Book About Female Racing Drivers By Jean-François Bouzanquet
Fast Ladies by Jean-François Bouzanquet is a fascinating look back at the female racing drivers who made their mark on the world from the time the first races were taking place right the…
There’s a Ferrari 412 Pick-Up/Ute For Sale – $20,000 to $27,000 USD
This is a Ferrari 412 pick-up (or a ute as they would say in Australia), it was heavily modified by Elo and Will of the London Motor Group into its current form and…
Merlin Ashby Waxed Cotton Motorcycle Rucksack
The Merlin Ashby waxed cotton rucksack was specifically designed for use by motorcyclists – it has a primary chassis of water repellent Halley Stevensons 12oz Scottish waxed cotton and 30 litres of internal…
For Sale: An Original Land Rover Defender SVX From “Spectre”
This is one of the Land Rover Defender SVX “Spectre” vehicles used while filming the 2015 James Bond film “Spectre”. Just 10 were built by Bowler for the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle…
Carroll Shelby’s Dodge Omni GLHS Is For Sale
The Dodge Omni GLHS you see here was personally owned by Carroll Shelby, it’s now titled in the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust name, and it’s due to roll across the auction block in just…
The Runge RS010 – Built By Hand In A Secluded Minnesota Barn By Christopher Rünge
The Runge RS010 was hand-built by Christopher Rünge as a bespoke one-off sports car with styling reminiscent of late 1950s racers. Rünge is a traditional coachbuilder who only ever creates his own vehicle…