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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1966 Shelby GT350 H – The Most Valuable Ex-Rental Car In The World
We can unreservedly say that the Shelby GT350 H is the most desirable ex-rental car in history. They were created for a partnership between…
Auto Design Prints Racing Cuts – The World’s Great Race Tracks
Auto Design Prints was founded by Bradley Dyer to create world class automotive art with his own unique style. Bradley works in the design…
The So-Cal Speed Shop Special Belly Tank Racer – The Lakester
The So-Cal Speed Shop Special Belly Tank Racer, also known as a “Lakester”, was developed in the late 1940s using relatively primitive hot rod…
Alpinestars Oscar Rayburn Motorcycle Boots – Category 2 CE Certified
The Alpinestars Oscar Rayburn Boots are among the best dual purpose motorcycle boots on the market, they look almost entirely like normal street wear…
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – The Unlikely British World Rally Championship Winner
The Talbot Sunbeam Lotus was a hot hatch from the golden age of the genre that would go on to astonish the motor racing…
The Nexx X.G100 Southsider Motorcycle Helmet
The Nexx X.G100 Southsider is a new motorcycle helmet design from the European company featuring either red or black colorways with classic ’50s Hot Rod-style…
Hookie Moto-Kit for the BMW R NineT – Transform Your Bike In One Day
The new Hookie Moto-Kit is a bolt-on set of parts for the BMW R NineT that transforms the look of the stock bike –…
Lego Ford Mustang Fastback – 1,471 Parts – 13″ Long – $149.99 USD
The new Lego Ford Mustang model features 1,471 parts and measures in at 3” (10 cm) high, 13” (34cm) long and 5” (14 cm)…
BMW 503 – The Car That Nearly Bankrupted BMW
The BMW 503 and its stablemate, the BMW 507, very nearly sunk the German automaker in the 1950s due to the runaway costs associated…
Short Film: Watchmaker Breaks Down Swiss vs Japanese Made Watches
This short film by the team at Wired gives a remarkably detailed look at the disassembly process of two automatic mechanical watches, one by…
Continental R-670 7-Cylinder Radial Engine
The Continental R-670 is a 7-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine that was used in planes, blimps, tanks, landing craft, and armoured vehicles – mostly during…
1954 Kurtis 500KK SR-100 – A Rare American Road-Legal Racer
The Kurtis 500KK was a road-going sports car developed by Frank Kurtis using much the same architecture under its bodywork as his Indianapolis 500…