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 Porsche 928 V8 Engine For Sale On eBay – $3,499.99 USD
This is a Porsche 928 V8, it’s from a 1988 S4 which means it has double overhead cams, four valves per cylinder, a capacity of 5.0 litres and it produces 316 hp. It also benefits from…
The Subaru 360 – This Was Subaru’s First Production Car
The Subaru 360 was the Japanese automaker’s first ever production car, it’s powered by a 356cc twin-cylinder two-stroke engine, it’s made of fibreglass, and it has a 0 to 62 mph time of…
Stylmartin Wave Boots – Classically-Styled Motorcycle Boots
These are Stylmartin’s Wave boots, they’re one of the most popular designs from the Italian motorcycle gear maker, and they’re a common sight on the feet of riders of custom, classic, and modern…
“The Shortster” Harley-Davidson X-90 – An Unusual Two-Stroke Minibike
The Harley-Davidson X90, commonly referred to as the “Shortster” was a mini Harley two-stroke built by an Italian company that started out making fighter aircraft during the First World War. The 1970s are…
Free Book: A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers At Full Speed
“A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers At Full Speed” is a freely downloadable ebook in PDF format by Chris Helzer, the Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska. It’s a comedic take…
1973 Fiat 238 – An Original Garage Francorchamps Ferrari Service Van
This Fiat 238 is considerably more special than any of its siblings as it was commissioned for use by Garage Francorchamps with hand-painted Ferrari decals, including Ferrari model names 308 GTS, 512 BB,…
The Octane Shift T-Shirt – A New Design From Silodrome Apparel
100% of all profits generated from these t-shirt sales goes directly to funding Silodrome. Octane exists in all forms of gasoline in varying amounts, it gets its name from the fact that it has…
The Fiat 8V by Vignale – An Advanced Italian V8 From The Jet Age
The Fiat 8V is the only V8 car ever built by Fiat, it was launched in the early 1950s as an answer to the elegant V8 GT cars coming out of the United…
Leatherman Free T4 – A One-Handed Multitool 100% Made In The USA
The Leatherman Free T4 is a pocket multitool that’s 100% made in the USA and designed to be a part of your daily carry gear. Leatherman was founded by Tim Leatherman after a…
The Honda CBX – An Unusual Japanese Inline-6 Cylinder Motorcycle
The six-cylinder Honda CBX was released 10 years after the seminal Honda CB750 as a new halo model for the Japanese marque. The original CB750 had triggered an arms race for superbike supremacy…
Belstaff Montgomery Gloves – Ventilated Summer Motorcycle Gloves
These are the new Belstaff Montgomery gloves, they’re classically styled motorcycle gloves from one of Britain’s oldest motorcycle outfitters that have been developed specifically for warmer weather use. Belstaff was founded in 1924…
There’s A New E-Type – Meet The Just-Released Eagle Lightweight GT
The original Jaguar E-Type was in production from 1961 till 1975, a total of 14 years, at which time it was replaced by the somewhat controversially-styled Jaguar XJ-S. The team at Eagle have been…