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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On Any Sunday Cap by Iron & Resin
This On Any Sunday cap by Iron & Resin is a celebration of the work of documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, the man behind Slippery When Wet, Surf Crazy, Surfing Hollow Days, The Endless Summer,…
An MV Agusta-Powered Tony Go Kart – 150cc Two-Stroke 4-Speed
This MV Agusta Tony Go Kart is a remarkable piece of history, it’s a combination of two Italian icons from a time before either of them had achieved the many race track victories that…
The Magrette Moana Pacific Professional Kara Automatic Dive Watch
The Magrette Moana Pacific Professional Kara dive watch is a New Zealand-built timepiece with a Swiss caliber STP1-11 automatic movement and a brushed grade 5 titanium case, it’s water resistant down to an impressive…
German Mystery Wagon: A 1979 Mercedes-Benz 500 TE AMG
The exact origins of this 1979 Mercedes-Benz 500 TE AMG are unknown – it’s a mystery that many in the Mercedes community have tried to solve. The enigma surrounds that AMG badge on the…
Allegiance Flags – Made In The USA
Allegiance Flag Supply make all of their flags in the USA, each one is individually made by veteran seamstresses in South Georgia, many of whom saw their jobs disappear years ago as the textile…
A Custom BMW R1100GS Scrambler by Red Hot Chili Customs
This custom BMW R1100GS is the work of one of Poland’s pre-eminent custom motorcycle garages – Red Hot Chili Customs. The donor bike was bought from its former owner in Switzerland before being transported…
The House of Candy Drifter – A Land Rover-Inspired Traditional Wooden Car
The House of Candy Drifter is a Land Rover-inspired wooden car built to a far more traditional style that most modern toy cars, it has a main body of solid beech wood, it’s finished…
BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo – A Turbocharged 330 hp Sedan
The BMW Alpina B7 S Turbo had big shoes to fill when it was introduced in 1981 as a replacement for the BMW Alpina B7 – a car that was the fastest series production…
Full-Length Feature: Handcrafted – A Custom Motorcycle Film
This film runs at almost an hour in length, and it includes interviews and insights with many of the leading lights of the Australian custom motorcycle scene. Although it isn’t often credited as such,…
12 Automobile Mascots Of Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais
This series of 12 automobile mascots from the upcoming Les Grandes Marques du Monde au Grand Palais are from the golden age of motoring, when exposed radiators led to an entire industry popping up to…
The Incredible New XTR Pepo Custom Ducati Monster
This custom Ducati Monster from the workshop of XTR Pepo is so wildly different to the bike it started out as it’s almost unrecognisable. Pepo Rosell has become a very well-known in the global…
The Automotive Art of Arsenio
Arsèn Manukyan, aka Arsenio, is an artist with a long history that belies his relatively young age of 29. He moved from Armenia to the UK with his family as a refugee when he…