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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SCoT Supercharger
SCoT Superchargers were a favourite of the salt lake racers of the ’50s and ’60s, they could be easily fitted to a flathead V8…
Ford Mustang Mach 1 Twister
The 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Twister was a special edition car offered only to dealers in the Kansas City area, 96 were made…
Buck Compadre Camp Axe
The Compadre Camp Axe by Buck Knives has been developed as an all-round camp axe that can be used for everything from chopping wood…
Jaguar XJ220
“The Saturday Club” was an unofficial group of 12 Jaguar engineers and designers who worked after-hours and on weekends to secretly develop the car…
Shinola Runwell Sport Chrono
Shinola was founded in 2011 with the goal of bringing watchmaking back to the USA. Over the past few years they produced a series…
David Beckham’s Triumph Bonneville
The Triumph Bonneville was originally released in 1959, it quickly became a very popular motorcycle on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to the…
Filson Flask
Although Filson are better known for their outdoor-specific clothing and gear they also make a hip flask -presumably for those cold winter hikes, ice…
Traditional Swedish Oil Lamp
The oil lamp was the preferred method of providing light after dark for many millennia and it was only usurped relatively recently by electric…
American Look: A Populuxe Film
American Look is a film produced by Chevrolet Motors in 1958 as a look into the industrial design of the decade. It’s a surprisingly…
RSD Indian Scout
Indian introduced the Scout in 1920, the model quickly became a fixture at race tracks, board tracks, hill climbs and the “Wall of Death”…
Icon Field Armor Stryker Vest
The Icon Field Armor Stryker Vest incorporates CE-approved D3O back armor with an injection molded chest plate in a vented BioFoam and Airmesh chassis….
Porsche 911S Barn Find
In 1967 the Porsche 911S was released to the general public, it received an exceptionally warm welcome from both automotive journalists and those who…