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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A Garrett Turbine ATF3 Jet Engine
This is a Garrett Turbine ATF3 jet engine, it was originally fitted to a 1984 Dassault-Breguet Mystere Falcon 200, and it could produce up…
Forgotten For 50 Years! A Rare 1967 Glas 1700 GT Garage Find
This is a rare Glas 1700 GT, it’s one of the last built in 1967 before production shifted over to the BMW version of…
The Pro-Ject E1 Phono: An Affordable Turntable Made In Europe
This is the Pro-Ject E1 Phono, it’s a turntable that’s made in Europe, and it’s widely considered one of the best affordable, entry-level turntables…
“The Trans Am Toyota”: An ’80s Custom Toyota SR-5 With Nitrous
This is a 1980 Toyota SR-5 Pickup that was the subject of a collaborative rebuild by The Toy Truck Company and Truckin’ magazine in…
A Multi-Tool For Opening Wine (And Beer): The Craighill Wine Key
This is the Craighill Wine Key, it was developed to be a sommelier-caliber wine key ideal for professional use, or for personal use at…
A Yamaha RD400 Three-Wheeler: A 1980s-Era Two-Stroke “Death Machine”
This bike started out as a 1978 Yamaha RD400 two-stroke two-wheeler, at some point in the 1980s it was converted into a three-wheeler using…
Crate Engine: A Rare Holman-Moody Ford 427 FE 7.0 Liter V8
This is an original Holman-Moody Ford 427 FE V8 that was built back in the late 1960s, then installed into a 1967 Shelby Mustang…
An Ex-Tim Allen Brawler GT-R Is For Sale
This is a Brawler GT-R that was built by Darwin Motorcycles of Oklahoma City for actor and comedian Tim Allen in 2015. Allen is…
For Sale: A 1:1 Scale 1967 Lotus 49 Formula 1 Simulator
This is a one-off Formula 1 simulator that consists of a replica 1:1 scale front end of a 1967 Lotus 49 F1 car, as…
Crate Engine: A 9.0 Liter 848 BHP Boss Nine V8
This is a Jon Kaase Racing Boss Nine V8 crate engine with a displacement of 547 cubic inches (9.0 liters) that is capable of…
The Amphibious WaterCar Panther – So Fast It Can Tow A Waterskier
This is a WaterCar Panther, and while it may look like some variation of a Jeep Wrangler, it’s actually an entirely bespoke vehicle with…
The Award-Winning Outin Nano Portable Espresso Machine
This is the Outin Nano, it’s an award-winning portable espresso machine that works with either ground coffee or coffee pods. It has a built-in…