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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Unusual Project Car: An Original Meyers Manx SR – 1 of 200 Ever Made
The Meyers Manx SR was developed as a road-going sibling to one of the most famous kit cars of all time – the Meyers Manx beach buggy. The concept was simple enough, build…
Vintage Racing Decals From CrashDaddy
As vintage car collecting and racing becomes more and more popular the demand for vintage motorsport decals has continued to rise. Surprisingly it’s not as easy as many might think to find good decals…
Watch The Full Film: Hot Rod – A Movie From 1950
This is the complete feature film Hot Rod from 1950, it’s a B-movie in the spirit of other classics in this genre from the era perhaps best epitomized by Rebel Without A Cause…
The 1915 Autoped Motorized Scooter – The World’s First Powered Production Scooter
The Autoped is widely regarded as being the first mass-produced motorized scooter, it was offered in both electric and gasoline versions, and the gasoline version was said to be capable of speeds of…
Hasegawa 1:16 Scale Model Sopwith Camel – The Legendary WWI British Fighter
This 1:16 scale Sopwith Camel model kit by Hasegawa has breathtaking detail throughout, it’s been designed to be displayed uncovered with no fabric over the wings or fuselage to showcase the intricacy of…
Classic Racing Livery Surfboards by Racing Emotion
This series of eight surfboard by Racing Emotion carry some of the most famous motor racing paint schemes in history, including the legendary Gulf and Martini racing liveries. Each of the eight designs…
For Sale: A Vincent Black Lightning – The Fastest Production Motorcycle In The World In 1948
The Vincent Black Lightning was the fastest production motorcycle in the world when it was first offered to the public as a production model in 1948, only 31 were built and today they’re…
Barebones Pulaski Axe – The Legendary American Firefighter’s Axe
The Barebones Pulaski Axe is a modern version of the legendary Pulaski axe which was invented by Ed Pulaski in 1911 to fight forest wildfires in the United States. Pulaski created a new…
The Fourth-Generation Toyota 4×4 Pickup – The Indestructible Hilux
This vehicle, known as the Toyota Pickup in the United States but as the Toyota Hilux in almost all other world markets, has become one of the most highly respected pickup trucks in the…
A 1:8th Scale Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza – A Model That Took 40 Years To Complete
This astonishingly detailed 1:8th scale Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza was such a complex kit to assemble that it took three consecutive owners over 40 years to build, with each doing as much…
The Original BMW M6 – A Naturally-Aspirated Bavarian Muscle Car
In 1983 BMW introduced the first M6, known as the M635CSi outside of the USA and Japan, it was a high-performance grand tourer based on the BMW E24 platform and interestingly it was only…
The Can-Am Chronograph by Omologato – $468 USD
This is the Can-Am chronograph by Omologato, it’s limited to just 200 pieces worldwide, and it comes at a refreshingly affordable price point just under $468 USD. Omologato is a British watchmaker founded…