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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The County Knife By James
The County Knife By James was designed as a minimalist everyday carry knife suitable for those who work or live in environments where the carrying of larger knives is frowned upon or banned entirely….
1947 Indian Chief Roadmaster
The Indian Chief Roadmaster was the top of the model line for the Springfield, Massachusetts, based motorcycle manufacturer in the post WWII period. It offered a fully sprung frame with both front and rear suspension,…
Twin Spark Off Road Icon Posters
Twin Spark is a small printshop based in Bandung, Indonesia – and this is their first run of posters. The theme is off road icons, and it includes 4 silkscreened prints in total, including 2…
1972 Lamborghini Miura SV
This Lamborghini Miura SV was one of the 10 last produced by the factory in 1972, it has production number 751 and 762 was the last one off the production line. It was sold…
Toyota FJ40 Cutaway Wallpaper
Toyota released its first 4×4 for public sale in 1951, it was essentially a clone of the American Jeep but over the decades that followed the Japanese honed the design into something unique –…
1943 Willys Jeep With Trailer
The Willys Jeep is a little 4×4 that would go on to punch well above its weight as the history of the automobile unfolded across the 20th Century – every 4×4 currently in existence…
Stylmartin Continental Boots
The Stylmartin Continental Boots are a new design for 2016 from the Italian motorcycle gear manufacturer, they’ve been developed to closely resemble the iconic HighPoint riding boots from 1970s motocross that’ll be immediately familiar…
The USB Charging Barebones Canyon Lantern
The Barebones Canyon Lantern is a lithium-ion powered LED lantern that can provide both directional and ambient light – thanks to its extensible front lens. It’s also capable of recharging your electronic devices on…
1970 – A Year To Remember: John Wyer’s Gulf Porsche Team
A Year To Remember is a half hour documentary covering the exploits of John Wyer’s Gulf Porsche Team. It’s an extraordinary look into the season featuring Wyer himself explaining much of the season’s happenings…
Gilera 106SS
Although Gilera is perhaps more famous nowadays for producing small-capacity scooters, there was a time when they took the fight to the greatest racing motorcycle manufacturers in the world and won. The company claimed the…
Aston Martin V8
The Aston Martin V8 and the Aston Martin DBS represented a significant shift in styling for the British automaker, gone were the curves of the DB4, DB5, and DB6 – replaced by more modern…
Jaguar Lightweight E-Type Number 15
In 2014 Jaguar shocked and delighted the motoring world by announcing that they were going to build 6 more Lightweight E-Types – the original production run in the mid-1960s was intended to produce 18…