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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Land Rover Documentary: A 50 Year Adventure
Land Rover: A 50 Year Adventure is a comprehensive history of Land Rover from its humble beginnings to the modern day, and it manages…
The 1939 New York World’s Fair Ford Cutaway Chassis
This Ford cutaway chassis was created for the 1939 New York World’s Fair, it was intended as a showcase of Ford’s famous Flathead V8…
Bellroy Note Sleeve Wallet
The Bellroy Note Sleeve Wallet is a minimalist leather wallet developed to avoid the bulging back pocket that we’ve all suffered from at some…
The Original BMW M1
The BMW M1 was a radical departure from business as usual for BMW, famous at the time for building more practical cars the M1…
The New Triumph Thruxton R
The Triumph Thruxton R is the top of the line model from the new generation of Bonneville-based motorcycles from the popular British marque. Only…
Hobo Nickel Ring
The Hobo Nickel is the American version of an art form that began to appear in the mid-1700s as sailors, travellers and railwaymen whiled…
An Original 1969 De Tomaso Mangusta
The De Tomaso Mangusta was famously named after the Mongoose – the only animal that hunts and kills cobras. It’s widely thought that the…
1932 Helicon Propeller Car
In 1932 somewhere deep in the French countryside a project was underway to build an automobile with a slightly unusual method of propulsion. It isn’t known if the designer of the Helicon was a pilot or an aircraft engineer, but it’s clear that the car takes a significant amount of influence from early aircraft design.
Norton Commando Scrambler
The Norton Commando is a motorcycle that defied the odds to become a cult classic in its own lifetime, it was developed to compete…
Mechanic Renaissance Series by Freddy Fabris
This fantastic series of images were created by veteran photographer Freddy Fabris. He wanted to capture the spirit of iconic Renaissance works and after…
Steve McQueen’s Porsche 911T
The Porsche 911T made its debut in 1967 as a direct replacement for the 912 as an entry level version of the now legendary…
Who is your Chassis and What Does it Do?
/ENGINEERED is a new technical series by the talented team behind /DRIVE, this episode is titled Who is your Chassis and What Does it…