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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.

1964 Chevrolet Corvette Racer

Ben Branch June 6, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Chevrolet Corvette has been America’s homegrown challenger to the refined racing coupes from Europe since 1953, the model has now become one of…

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Leather Head Handmade Football

Ben Branch June 6, 2015
  • American
  • Gear
  • Luxury

The Leather Head Handmade Football is an heirloom quality American football designed to be used by multiple generations of backyard family quarterbacks. Each one…

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Pagnol M1 Motorcycle Jacket

Ben Branch June 5, 2015
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Jackets
  • Retro
  • Style

The Pagnol M1 is a motorcycle jacket that you may not have encountered before as the company behind it isn’t quite as well known…

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Ducati Leggero

Ben Branch June 4, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Ducati
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

The Ducati Leggero series of custom performance motorcycles by iconic builder Walt Siegl are a function-first example of what can be done with a…

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God Speed You! Black Emperor

Ben Branch June 4, 2015
  • Films
  • Japanese
  • Vintage

God Speed You! Black Emperor is a Japanese documentary from 1976, it follows the life and times of the Black Emperor motorcycle gang and…

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Deus Electric Motorcycle

Ben Branch June 3, 2015
  • Australian
  • Design
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles

The Deus Electric is a custom motorcycle by Melbourne-based team Ryan Mischkulnig and Joe Fischer, they began with a humble Honda C90 Cub and…

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Redverz Solo Expedition Tent

Ben Branch June 3, 2015
  • Camping
  • Gear
  • Off Road

The new Redverz Solo Expedition Tent is the lone wolf version of the established twin-sleeper version. The benefit of the single sleeping bay is…

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Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R

Ben Branch June 2, 2015
  • Cars
  • Japanese
  • Rare
  • Vintage

The first Nissan Skyline GT-R made its appearance in 1969 as a four-door sedan fitted with a 2 litre S20 inline 6 cylinder engine…

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Autodromo Brian Redman Prototipo Chronograph

Ben Branch June 2, 2015
  • Accessories
  • Design
  • Gear
  • Watches

The Brian Redman Prototipo Chronograph is a new, limited edition series from Officine Autodromo. 500 units will be produced, with the first 100 being…

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The Americana Fisherman Knife

Ben Branch June 1, 2015
  • Accessories
  • American
  • Camping
  • Gear
  • Knives

The Americana Fisherman Knife is an American made fishing, hunting and survival blade made by Ruana Knives. Each is made from 1095 high carbon…

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Evel Knievel Wide World Of Sport Special

Ben Branch May 31, 2015
  • American
  • Films
  • Retro
  • Vintage

The Evel Knievel Wide World Of Sport Special is a documentary style film covering the life and times of one of America’s greatest stuntmen….

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Jensen Interceptor III

Ben Branch May 30, 2015
  • American
  • British
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Vintage

The Jensen Interceptor is a great example of what happens when you get the Italians, Brits and Americans in a room in the late-60s to collaborate…

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