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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1963 Corvette Grand Sport by The Duntov Motor Company
In 2009 GM awarded an exclusive licensing agreement to The Duntov Motor Company to bring the legendary 1963 Corvette Grand Sport back to life, and put it into limited production as an official continuation…
Scuderia Condor T-Shirt – 25% Of Proceeds Go To Semper Fi & America’s Fund
This is the new Scuderia Condor t-shirt from Silodrome, we worked closely with a talented artist to capture the hand-drawn quality of the original design – a design that graced the side of…
The AMC Eagle – The Original American 4×4 Crossover
The AMC Eagle was released in 1979 as a Hail Mary for American Motors Corporation, the struggling American automaker that was on the brink of financial ruin. At the time AMC were the…
The Icon Poster Series by ATR LAB
This is the new Icon Poster series by Jean-Denis Claessens, the founder of ATR LAB and a rally driver with 25 years of experience behind the wheel of both a Ford Escort RS2000 and…
Documentary: Porsche 356 – Made by Hand – Featuring Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche
This documentary was created to showcase the engineering that went into each new Porsche in the 1960s, it was specifically made for the American audience as a way to introduce Porsche to many…
Officially Licensed Porsche 911 Flat-Six Engine Model
This is a detailed model of the original 1966 Porsche 911 flat-six engine, all internal parts move just like they do in the full-size engine – including the pistons, connecting rods, crankshaft, cam,…
Steyr-Puch Haflinger Series II – The Mini 4×4 Austrian Mountain Goat
The Steyr-Puch Haflinger was developed in Austria to replace the ageing WWII-era Jeep, these Jeeps had been used by the Austrian armed forces for years but there was significant pressure to replace them…
The Fuoriserie Rosso Red – A Watch Made From A Ferrari 348 – $318 USD
This is the Fuoriserie Rosso Red, it’s a wristwatch developed by Italian-Australian David Giammetta that has a dial made from a the bodywork of a wrecked Ferrari 348 TB. Great care is taken when…
Royal Enfield Interceptor “Desert Runner” by Revival Cycles
The Desert Runner is one of the most consequential custom motorcycles built by the team at Revival Cycles, in order to build it they were shipped an unreleased Royal Enfield Interceptor from the factory…
North American T-28 Trojan Bent Propeller Blade Table
This table was made using three damaged propellers from a North American T-28 Trojan – they were almost certainly damaged from a belly landing that caused the spinning propellers to be bent backwards by…
The Mazda Cosmo Sport – The World’s First Mass-Produced Twin Rotary Sports Car
This is a rare Mazda Cosmo Sport Series I, just 343 of these were made and they were the world’s first mass-production sports car powered by a twin-rotor Wankel rotary engine. The Mazda…
The “Watch For Cycles” Enamel Mug by Great Lake Supply Co.
This is the “Watch For Cycles” enamel mug by Great Lake Supply Co., a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based outfitter founded by the Ducati aficionado, writer, and web developer Meghan Stark. Enamel mugs like this used to be…