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 Villianaire Wallet
The Villianaire is a wallet/moneyclip by the team over at The Goods, an LA-based company made up of engineers, designers, and craftsmen. Each wallet…
The ExoDyne Electric Motorcycle
The ExoDyne Electric Motorcycle The ExoDyne is what happens when a talented veterinary orthopedic surgeon turns his attention to building himself an electric motorcycle….
Meters OV-1 Headphones
The new Meters OV-1 headphones have been developed by the same team behind Ashdown Engineering, a British company that has designed and created instrument…
1935 Willys Gasser
To cut a long story short, a Gasser is style of American drag racing car designed to run on regular pump gasoline, rather than…
Short Film: Survivor
Survivor is a short film by director Cam Elkins, the man behind the popular Stories of Bike series that’s essential viewing for all motorcyclists….
1986 Gemballa Cyrrus
There are few German cars as controversial as the Gemballa modified 911s. Some love them, many hate them, but the one thing no one…
Boe Vintage Radio Bluetooth Speakers
Boe Vintage Radio Bluetooth Speakers are original vintage radios, with their distinctive sounding speakers still fitted, but with new circuitboards, amplifiers, and Bluetooth 4.0…
XTR Pepo BMW R nineT Paris Dakar
Hubert Auriol and the Paris Dakar BMW have a long and proud history of Paris Dakar wins, perhaps none more iconic than those of…
Proverb Money Clip
The famous Yiddish saying “With money in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you sing well too” is a proverb we’d all…
Morgan: The Most Honest Car Factory in the World
Morgan Motor Company: The Most Honest Car Factory in the World is a short film that takes a close look inside the factory of…
1980 Renault 5 Turbo
The French have their own unique approach to building cars. If you don’t know what I mean just take a look at the Citroën…
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Competizione
There are few Ferrari 250 GT series cars as highly sought after as the alloy-bodied 250 GT SWB Competizione. Just 46 were built in 1960, their…