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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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 do well to remember. This money clip is 100% stainless…
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 the storied British automaker. There’s an interesting juxtaposition at Morgan…
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 2CV, the Renault Twizy, anything built by Voisin, the Helicon,…
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 lightweight bodies in Competizione trim were matched with a more elemental…
Iron And Resin Enduro Denim Motorcycle Jeans
Cone Denim uses cotton strands that are woven with Dyneema®, the strongest fibre in the world. This creates one of the toughest and most abrasion resistant forms of denim yet designed – making it…
Sopwith Dove Biplane
The story of the Sopwith Dove cannot be told without first talking about the Sopwith Pup – the Dove being the far less common two-seat variant of the WWI fighter plane. The Sopwith Pup…
ICON Duesey Watch
The ICON Duesey Watch is a new design from famed automotive maestro Jonathan Ward. Although he’s most famous for his work rebuilding classic 4x4s into sympathetically modernized versions of their former selves, Ward is…
Norton Atlas 920 Cafe Racer
The Norton Atlas was introduced in 1962 as an upgraded version of the Dominator, primarily focussed on the American market. The Atlas brought together two iconic Norton elements to create a motorcycle that’s now…
Navy Seal Aluminum Ridge Wallet
The aluminum Ridge wallet has been designed to block RFID-skimming devices, keeping your cards safe from digital theft. Rather than being kept in a back pocket, which has been shown to cause long term…
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight
The car you’re looking at here is widely considered to be the most successful Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 of all time. This is a remarkable feat considering the broad successes of the Carrera RS 2.7…
Barebones Living Ultimate Tool
The Ultimate Tool by Barebones Living was designed as an all-in-one tool for camping trips, work around the garden, and zombie apocalypses. It has a flat pommel base for hammering in tent pegs or…
DavmoMoto Honda CT117
There’s something immediately approachable about mini bikes. In fact they might be the only motorcycle genre that almost all motorcyclists like, a rare feat in the tribal world of two-wheelers. The ST/CT Series by…