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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Project Car: A Rare, Original 1966 Honda S600
This 1966 Honda S600 project car is a matching numbers example and a perfect candidate for restoration. Interest in early Japanese sports cars has been skyrocketing in recent years as people begin to realise…
The New Shoei Glamster Helmet – Modern Protection With Retro Styling
The Shoei Glamster helmet is a new offering from the highly-regarded Japanese helmet manufacturer aimed squarely at the vintage, classic, and retro motorcycle world. In the past few years we’ve gone from having almost…
Documentary: The 1989 Camel Trophy Across The Amazon Rain Forest
This film covers the 1989 Camel Trophy in the Amazon, one of the most challenging iterations of the famous off-road event from its 20 year history. In off roading circles the Camel Trophy is…
There’s A Ferrari 275 GTB V12 Engine For Sale On eBay – $175,000 USD
The Ferrari 275 GTB was a critically important model for Ferrari, it heralded the Italian automaker’s shift from live rear axles in their 250 GT series road cars to fully independent suspension with a…
A Very Early TVR – The TVR Grantura Series II From 1961
The TVR Grantura was a critically important early model from the unusual British car maker, and it would help establish their reputation for building simple yet capable sports cars that were somewhat affordable to…
Lego Speed Champions: The 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1
This is the Lego version of the 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1, unlike many more curvaceous classic cars the boxy Sport quattro S1 is perfectly suited for immortalization in Lego form. Although it’s often…
Roman’s Siberian Monster Trike – A Russian Snow Weapon
Roman Bulach is a Russian engineer who lives in Siberia, specifically in the Novosibirsk region of western Siberia. Siberia is famous for both its beauty and for its rugged terrain. Normal vehicles are largely…
A 1.3 Litre Egli Vincent Racer – A Custom British Superbike For The God Of Thunder
It’s a rare occurrence when an already famous motorcycle is modified in such a way that the modified examples become almost as famous as their factory-stock brethren, but this is what the Egli Vincent…
An Unrestored Original Survivor: 1969 Ford Bronco 302 V8
Finding original, unrestored, and unmodified first generation Ford Broncos is almost as difficult as finding similarly original 1932 Ford V8s. The Bronco has been a staple of the four wheeling world scene since it…
The New Origine Virgo Motorcycle Helmet – An Italian Modern Classic Enduro Design
This is the new-for-2020 Origine Virgo motorcycle helmet, it’s the latest addition to the retro full face motorcycle genre and I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s going to prove very popular with riders…
1957 Jaguar XKSS Continuation – The Three Time Le Mans Winning D-Type In Street Clothes
Although just 25 examples of the Jaguar XKSS were built it took the company over 60 years to complete them all, because of a tragic factory fire followed by a 58 year pause in…
The Timex Navi XL – A Tough, Daily Wearable American Watch For $155 USD
The Timex Navi XL is a new dive watch from the American watchmaker designed to evoke the styling cues of their original dive watches while offering a slew of modern upgrades and a larger…