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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The Long Lost 1973 World Rally Championship A110 1800 Gr. IV – Discovered and Restored by alpineLAB
The car you see here was one of the original Alpine A110s that contested and ultimately won the inaugural World Rally Championship (WRC) for constructors in 1973. As with many rally cars of…
Morgan 3-Wheeler EVS Junior – An Electric Car You Can Afford (But Not Fit Inside)
The Morgan EVS Junior is a 3-wheeler for kids based on the design of the full-scale Morgan EV3 that was announced in 2016. When the EVS Junior first went on sale it did…
A Custom Moto Guzzi Nevada 750 – TOMA #21 by TOMA Customs
This article was written by Thomas Jeukens of TOMA Customs – When possible we like to bring you the story of a bike in the words of the people that built it to cut…
Surf Aviator Sunglasses by Vallon – $79 USD
The Surf Aviators by Vallon were designed to evoke the styling of classic skiing sunglasses from the ’70s and ’80s while incorporating modern materials and polarized category 3 lens that filter out 100%…
The Iso Grifo – A Rare 435 hp Italian/American Ferrari Rival
The Iso Grifo is an Italian high-performance GT car with an American heart – the name “Grifo” means “Griffin” in English – the mythological creature with the body of a lion and the…
The Zippo Axesaw – Three Tools In One
The Zippo Axesaw is exactly what it sounds like, it’s a hand axe with a removable saw blade, and it has a tent stake mallet on the back of the axe head. When camping, hiking,…
Aden’s Hot Rod by Retromotive Magazine
Aden Jacobi rummages through drawer after drawer brimming with artwork that should be framed and mounted on the walls. ‘I’ve got a unique filing system, really should sort this out one day.’
There’s A 533hp Ferrari 612 Scaglietti V12 Engine For Sale On eBay
This is a complete Ferrari 612 Scaglietti V12, it’s listed as being a running engine from a car with 40,637 kms on the odometer (which works out to approximately 25,250 miles) and it’s…
Short Film From 1977: The Rise Of Car Imports On The British Car Industry
This short film first aired on British TV in 1977, in it Shaw Taylor and Tony Bastable take a look at how foreign car imports were affecting the British car industry, and how cars…
The Tamiya Dynahead 6×6 R/C Truck – The Perfect Vehicle For 2020
Despite its 1:18 scale the Tamiya Dynahead 6×6 R/C Truck may very well be the perfect vehicle for 2020. You can buy it online, get it delivered, build it, and drive it in…
A Honda XR650R Custom Flat Tracker by Mule Motorcycles
My friend Adam Lesley, whom I had previously built a Sportster 1200 Hooligan racer for, approached me with interest in building a flat track “framer” – a framer is a motorcycle with a lightweight frame designed for dirt track racing…
VW Beetle Club Chair by The Rag and Bone Man
This is the Beetle Club Chair by The Rag and Bone Man, a company founded by British couple Lizzie and Paul who specialise in scouring junkyards across the United Kingdom for interesting scrap…