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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Williams 6″ Distressed Boots by Danner

Charles Danner first started making boots in 1932 – right as the Great Depression kicked into high gear in the United States and around…
KRGT-1 by Arch Motorcycles

The KRGT-1 by Arch Motorcycles is the latest offering in the rapidly expanding sport cruiser motorcycle genre – currently dominated by the likes of the…
Victor Athletics

Victor Athletics is a new Tennessee-based company that was founded with the goal of returning clothing manufacturing back to the United States – in 1980…
Plymouth Belvedere II RO23 Super Stock Lightweight

The Plymouth Belvedere was introduced in 1951 as Plymouth’s first pillarless hardtop, it was a direct response to the 1950 Chevrolet Bel Air, which…
Goal Zero Solar Adventure Kit

The Goal Zero Guide 10 Adventure Kit is a portable solar cell and rechargeable battery pack designed to keep your gear charged when you’re…
Ronin Reserve Wax Cotton Jacket by RSD

The new 2015 Ronin Reserve Wax Cotton Jacket follows the same basic design outline of the leather Ronin jacket by Roland Sands Design, but…
Guy Martin’s Spitfire

Guy Martin’s Spitfire is a British documentary about the recovery and rebuild of a rare MK1 Spitfire from the French beach where it was…
Lancia Stratos

The Lancia Stratos, or more correctly, the Lancia Stratos HF (HF standing for High Fidelity) is a car developed by Italian design house Bertone…
Vincent Comet

The Vincent Comet was developed by Australian engineer Phil Irving in 1935 as a slightly lighter, smaller version of the British company’s far more…
Gerber Dime Multi-Tool

The Gerber Dime Multi-Tool is designed to be compact enough to be carried in your pocket on a daily basis, whilst also packing the…
Stuart Lewis-Evans Wallpaper

Stuart Lewis-Evans was an up and coming racing driver and good friend of the young Stirling Moss, this image was taken in September 1953…
Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406

The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is known for many things, but perhaps its most extraordinary achievement is that it’s won the brutal Paris-Dakar Rally by accident…