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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1932 Lincoln Model KB Boattail Speedster
The Lincoln Model KB Boattail Speedster was never a production model for the Ford-owned luxury marque, in fact the Speedster wasn’t made in a Lincoln factory, and it wasn’t made in the 1930s. It…
Rebel Yell Single Barrel Bourbon
Rebel Yell Single Barrel Bourbon is the cornerstone whiskey of the distillery that’s been making America’s own spirit since 1849. During Prohibition, the distillery switched to making “medicinal whiskey” – which was quite a…
Land Rover Series IIA
Many Land Rover historians consider the Series IIA to be the best of the Series models, it exists in a Goldilocks zone between refinement and simplicity – before the crack-prone plastic dashboards of the…
Schott Perfecto Irving Jacket
The original Schott Perfecto Jacket was introduced in the 1940s, it was initially known as the One Star, and it shot to fame when Marlon Brando wore it in the 1951 film “The Wild…
5 Minute Histories: Ducati Monster
Introduction Miguel Galluzzi, the creator of the Monster, once said “In the mind of a motorcyclist you need a gas tank, a seat and a motor.” Galluzzi was working for Honda back when the…
Rokker Revolution Waterproof Motorcycle Jeans
The new Rokker Revolution Waterproof Jeans offer the protection of your typical motorcycle jeans with the added benefit of a waterproof layer of c_change membrane that reacts independently to changing temperatures – opening when…
Dutch Police 1989 Porsche 911 Targa
The Rijkspolitie was the Netherlands’ state police from 1945 until 1996, unusually they favoured Porsches for their patrol and response vehicles, although they did order a smattering of Alfa Romeo Spyders and Citroën H…
TTRNO Ducati Scrambler
The new Ducati Scrambler is rapidly becoming one of the most popular modern platforms for custom motorcycle builders, as a result of its relatively affordable sticker price and its simple construction. It’s now joined…
l’Usinarium Celsius Lamp
l’Usinarium is a French creative studio that recycles antique furniture, lighting, and electrical equipment into modern homewares that retain their original patina and style. The Celsius Lamp is one of their newest creations, it’s…
Bandit9 EVE MKII
Bandit9 is a custom motorcycle garage run by Daryl Villanueva out of Saigon, it started life in Beijing a few years ago and quickly earned a reputation for world class design with a retrofuturistic feel….
Camp Cards by Dan & Dave
This pack of Camp Cards by Dan & Dave was illustrated by 1924us, in collaboration with the adventure brand Bradley Mountain. Each pack is printed by the US Playing Card Co. and each set…
1935 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster
The Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster was the American car built to take the fight to the likes of Bugatti and Bentley across the Atlantic. Arguments have raged for almost a century now about which marques…