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Ben Branch -

Articles that Ben 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.

Allegiance Flags – Made In The USA

Ben Branch January 30, 2019
Flags
  • American
  • Gear
  • Home

Allegiance Flag Supply make all of their flags in the USA, each one is individually made by veteran seamstresses in South Georgia, many of…

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A Custom BMW R1100GS Scrambler by Red Hot Chili Customs

Ben Branch January 29, 2019
Custom BMW R1100 GS 4
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This custom BMW R1100GS is the work of one of Poland’s pre-eminent custom motorcycle garages – Red Hot Chili Customs. The donor bike was…

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The House of Candy Drifter – A Land Rover-Inspired Traditional Wooden Car

Ben Branch January 29, 2019
House of Candy Drifter Land Rover Wooden Car 7
  • Classic 4x4
  • Classic Cars

The House of Candy Drifter is a Land Rover-inspired wooden car built to a far more traditional style that most modern toy cars, it…

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BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo – A Turbocharged 330 hp Sedan

Ben Branch January 28, 2019
BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo Badge 2
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • German

The BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo had big shoes to fill when it was introduced in 1981 as a replacement for the BMW Alpina…

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Full-Length Feature: Handcrafted – A Custom Motorcycle Film

Ben Branch January 27, 2019
Handcrafted - A Custom Motorcycle Film 7
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Films

This film runs at almost an hour in length, and it includes interviews and insights with many of the leading lights of the Australian…

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12 Automobile Mascots Of Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais

Ben Branch January 26, 2019
Automobile Radiator MascotS
  • Art
  • Design

This series of 12 automobile mascots from the upcoming Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais are from the golden age of motoring, when…

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The Incredible New XTR Pepo Custom Ducati Monster

Ben Branch January 25, 2019
Custom Ducati Monster 7
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Ducati
  • Motorcycles

This custom Ducati Monster from the workshop of XTR Pepo is so wildly different to the bike it started out as it’s almost unrecognisable….

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The Automotive Art of Arsenio

Ben Branch January 25, 2019
Porsche 911 Body Art Arsenio Main
  • Art
  • Cars

Arsèn Manukyan, aka Arsenio, is an artist with a long history that belies his relatively young age of 29. He moved from Armenia to…

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The Venturi 400 GT Trophy – A Rare Twin-Turbo French Supercar

Ben Branch January 24, 2019
Venturi 400 GT Trophy Wing
  • Cars
  • French

The Venturi 400 GT remains one of the fastest cars ever designed and built in France, in fact when it was released in 1992…

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Sparco Slalom RB-3 Classic Racing Boots

Ben Branch January 24, 2019
Sparco Slalom RB-3 Classic Racing Boots
  • Boots
  • Gear

The Sparco Slalom RB-3 Classic Racing Boots have FIA 8856-2000 and SFI 3.3/5 type approval for use in motorsport competition, even though they can…

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BSA Hornet A65 – A 1960s California Desert Racing Icon

Ben Branch January 23, 2019
BSA Hornet A65 2
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

The BSA Hornet was developed on the same A65 platform as the British motorcycle marque’s Lightning model, to satiate demand from the United States for…

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The Alfaro Skateguitar – An Electric Guitar Made From Skateboard Decks

Ben Branch January 23, 2019
Skateguitar Skateboard Guitar
  • Gear
  • Music

Each of these fantastic Skateguitars are made by Ezequiel Galasso and pro-skateboarder Gianfranco de Gennaro Gilmour from two used skateboard decks. One deck is essentially…

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The traditional “Silodrome” was a carnival sideshow attraction also called the “Wall of Death." You may have seen them at county fairs – the vertical velodromes were originally built from old grain silos, leading to the name "silo-drome."

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