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Articles that Ben 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.

Velocette KSS MkII Project Motorcycle

Ben Branch April 15, 2017
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare

A Very Short History of Velocette Velocette was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by the German-born Johannes Gütgemann, who would change his name to…

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1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA

Ben Branch April 14, 2017
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA was the out-and-out race version of the Giulia Sprint GT road car – just 500 GTAs were built…

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Escape One Tiny House

Ben Branch April 14, 2017
  • American
  • Home
  • Luxury

The Escape One is built by a company with over 25 years of experience designing high-end tiny houses known for their unique styling and light, airy…

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Aston Martin DB6 MKII Vantage

Ben Branch April 13, 2017
  • British
  • Cars
  • Luxury
  • Rare

The Aston Martin DB6 was produced in higher numbers than its forebear the DB5, and it would be the last in the original series…

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Cure Collection GT Veloce Tee

Ben Branch April 13, 2017
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Retro

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the man named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 after an…

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NCT Motorcycles BMW R100T “ToastBrot”

Ben Branch April 12, 2017
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

There are few motorcycle engines as iconic as the BMW Airhead. The opposed twins were first built by the German marque in 1923 based…

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Stylmartin Ace Motorcycle Boots

Ben Branch April 12, 2017
  • Boots
  • Clothing
  • Gear

Stylmartin’s Ace motorcycle boots are designed to be daily-wearable leather boots, with built in malleolus protection on both sides – making them ideal for motorcycle…

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1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302

Ben Branch April 11, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Ford

The Ford Mustang Boss 302 was largely the brainchild of two former GM employees – Larry Shinoda and Semon “Bunkie” Knudson. Knudson had been…

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German Icons by Remove Before

Ben Branch April 11, 2017
  • Art
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Home

Remove Before is the Catalonia-based studio of Marc Carreras, a 3D modeller in the automotive industry, currently working at Audi Concept Design. Marc started…

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Ex-Michael Schumacher 1991 Benetton F1 Car

Ben Branch April 10, 2017
  • British
  • Cars
  • Formula 1

Michael Schumacher is a man who needs no introduction, even people who’ve never seen a Formula 1 race in their lives have heard of…

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A Brief History of the Ducati Scrambler

Ben Branch April 10, 2017
  • Ducati
  • eBay

The Ducati Scrambler is set to be just as revolutionary as the Ducati Monster was in the 1990s – this is a brief introduction…

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Documentary: Land Rover – A 50 Year Adventure

Ben Branch April 9, 2017
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Design

A 50 Year Adventure is a documentary about one of the world’s most famous, and most successful 4×4 manufacturers – Land Rover. The film…

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The traditional “Silodrome” was a carnival sideshow attraction also called the “Wall of Death." You may have seen them at county fairs – the vertical velodromes were originally built from old grain silos, leading to the name "silo-drome."

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