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 28 Litre, 1,100+ HP Allison V12 Aero Engine For Sale On eBay
The Allison V-1710 aircraft engine was originally intended for use in US military airships, it would later be used in a wide variety of aircraft during the Second World War including the original P-51…
A Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser With A 345 hp Corvette 5.7 Litre Ram Jet V8
This Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser was restored and upgraded by TLC, a company run by a man who’s name will be immediately recognisable to anyone with more than a passing interest in vintage 4x4s…
Fuel Greasy Selvedge Motorcycle Pants – Selvedge Denim Woven With Aramid Fibres
These are the new Fuel Greasy Selvedge Pants, they’re made by the team at Fuel Motorcycles from a highly-abrasion resistant 14 oz single-layer material made by combining high-quality selvedge denim with Aramid fibres. This…
Mercedes-Benz Ruthmann Unimog – The Greatest Race Car Hauler For Sale On Earth Right Now
This 1966 Mercedes-Benz Unimog car hauler is one of the more unusual methods you could use to get your car to the race track, it has a unique rear hydraulic system that moves both…
The Nose Cose from Jim Hurtubise’s 1969 Mallard-Offenhauser Indy 500 Car
This is a nose cone from the last front-engined car to ever qualify for the Indy 500 – Jim Hurtubise’s 1969 Mallard-Offenhauser. Both Jim Hurtubise and his Mallard-Offenhauser would become legends in the long…
This Is The 1978 Jaguar XJS Group 44 Trans-Am Championship Winner
This is the Group 44 Jaguar XJS that won the Trans-Am Category 1 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship in the hands of Bob Tullius and his Group 44 team in 1978. Trans-Am was separated into…
The Merlin Chaplow Tool Roll – A Traditional Waxed Cotton & Leather Tool Roll
The Merlin Chaplow Tool Roll has a main chassis of hard-wearing Halley Stevensons 12oz Scottish waxed cotton with adjustable premium leather straps to keep it rolled up tight. Waxed cotton is highly water resistant while…
Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen – Erwin Komenda’s Amphibious 4×4
The Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen was one of the most remarkable vehicles developed during WW2. It was an amphibious 4×4 designed by the same man who would later design the Porsche 356 and the…
The New Spidi Rainwarrior H2Out Motorcycle Gloves
These are the new Spidi Rainwarrior H2Out motorcycle gloves, they were designed to offer a premium 3 to 4 season glove for riders who want a combination of modern safety as well as comfort…
The Beautiful Toyota 2000GT – The First Million Dollar Japanese Sports Car
The Toyota 2000GT is one of the most important Japanese cars of all time, it’s now the most valuable vintage Japanese production car ever – just 351 of them were made. The Toyota…
For Sale: Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2004 Engine Cover (Est. $1,500 and $2,500 USD)
This is an engine cover from the Ferrari F2004 Formula 1 car that was driven by multiple World Champion Michael Schumacher in the 2004 season. Schumacher won both the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours…
The Car Of The Future (From 1977) – The Six-Wheeled Panther 6
In 1977 when the Panther 6 was unveiled to the general public for the first time at London’s 1977 Motorfair show at Earls Court it caused a global sensation. It had been developed by the…