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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There’s A 500 bhp Dodge Ram SRT-10 8.3 Litre V10 For Sale On eBay
The Dodge Ram SRT-10 8.3 litre V10 was sourced from the Dodge Viper and fitted to the Dodge Ram SRT-10 pickup truck line – available as both a regular cab and a quad…
Barn Find: 8 Historic Motorcycles Found In Northern Irish Racing Legend Joe Ryan’s Barn
These eight historic motorcycles all belonged to racing legend Joe Ryan, a Northern Irish specialist motorcycle tuner who famously worked on road racing Nortons – the Nortons he tuned would frequently outperform the racing…
The Tamiya Hornet Is Back In Production – It Was The Best-Selling R/C Buggy Of The 1980s
Anyone who was a child in the 1980s has heard of the Tamiya Hornet – it was the most desirable R/C buggy of the decade and when it was released any kid at…
Restoration Project: An Original 1944 North American P-51D Mustang
This 1944 North American P-51D Mustang is currently for sale, it’s in the midst of a full restoration – once complete it will be powered by a correct Packard V-1650-9 V12 producing 1,315…
The Schwarzenegger Watch – The Seiko Prospex “Arnie” Watch From Predator
Predator is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most famous ’80s action films and if you zoom in on his wrist you’ll see that he’s wearing the tough-as-nails 1982 Seiko Hybrid Diver’s Watch. Seiko have reissued…
The Rare Alpine GTA V6 Turbo Mille Miles – A French Porsche 944 Challenger
The Alpine GTA V6 Turbo Mille Miles was a special edition of the Renault Alpine GTA Turbo, a car released by the French automaker as a successor to the Alpine A310. The Renault…
The Bullitt Mirror By Joel Clark
Anyone who’s see the classic Steve McQueen film Bullitt will immediately recognise the 1968 Dodge Charger mirror shown above, it contains an image of the Highland Green 1968 Mustang driven by McQueen during…
For Sale: A Vintage 6×6 Alvis Saladin Armored Vehicle – With A Functional 76mm Main Cannon
The Alvis Saladin is a 6×6 armored infantry fighting vehicle developed by the British in the years after WWII as a replacement for the AEC Armoured Car. Unusually for a decommissioned military vehicle…
AOS Bushman Deluxe Apex Swag – An Authentic Australian Swag
This is the Australian-made AOS Bushman Deluxe Apex Swag, it comes with a 10 year manufacturing and workmanship warranty, and it’s one of the best examples we’ve seen of the famous Australian one-person…
A Beautiful Land Rover Series 3 by Falcon Design in Germany
There are few people better suited to the classic vehicle restoration business than the Germans. They’re renowned for their engineering chops and attention to detail, and this freshly restored 1974 Series 3 by…
Concord Cufflinks – Made From Alloy Sourced From The Fastest Of The Concordes
These cufflinks have been cast from Hiduminium RR58 aluminium alloy sourced from the air intake assembly of Concorde 101 (G AXDN) – this was the fastest Concorde ever built with a top speed…
1970s Documentary Series: Skills of Defensive Driving
This is a complete defensive driving course that was made in 1973 by Film Australia. Although times have changed the overwhelming majority of defensive driving skills are the same now as they were…