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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Malle Morgan Tool Roll
The Malle Morgan Tool Roll has been developed in conjunction with Bicester Heritage, each roll is made from bridle leather and thick waxed canvas with heavy-duty stitching and forged brass fittings. They’ve been designed…
MGC GTS Sebring
The MGC GTS is a special high-performance version of the MGC, just two were built at the MG factory at Abingdon before the program was discontinued – but fortunately there were also four lightweight…
Bremont Regatta OTUSA
The Bremont Regatta OTUSA has been developed for yachtsmen and sailors, it has a numerical 15 minute display countdown and a 5 minute start time specifically for racing – as well as a 12…
Boeing 737 Engine Chair
Typically it’s not advisable to sit inside a jet engine, in fact I’m told it’s one of the first things they teach you when you get a job loading suitcases into commuter planes. This…
Masterclass: Behind The Wheel With Jackie Stewart
Behind the Wheel with Sir Jackie Stewart is a 1 hour documentary film developed by the multiple Formula One World Champion as a masterclass in the art of driving. Jackie became known as the…
BMW PRAËM S1000RR
The BMW S1000RR was originally developed to compete in the 2009 Superbike World Championship, for homologation purposes they produced 1000 road going versions of the model in the same year but due to overwhelming…
De Tomaso Vallelunga
The De Tomaso Vallelunga was the first production car made by De Tomaso – a company that up until 1962 had only produced racing cars for Formula Junior, Formula 3, Formula 2, and Formula…
Alpine-Renault A110 Print
The Alpine-Renault A110 is remembered by rally historians as one of the greats, it was built by Alpine in France using a range of Renault components including various Renault engines. Aside from its good-looks,…
Harley-Davidson Sportster by Gasoline Motor Co.
The Harley-Davidson Sportster is one of the longest running production motorcycles in the world, and for good reason. They’re mechanically simple, easy to work on and customise, and perhaps most importantly – there’s a…
Iron & Glory Hip Flask
The hip flask is an essential item for any gentleperson’s top drawer. They come in handy at weddings, funerals, christenings, bar mitzvahs, and Monday afternoons. This stainless steel flask by Iron & Glory has…
Ferrari 275 GTS/4 NART Spider
Ferrari built just 10 examples of the NART Spider, 25 had initially been ordered but sales were slow due to the eye-watering price tag – even through the car had been featured in The…
The Retrotastic Biltwell Gringo S Helmet
The Biltwell Gringo S is a full face retro motorcycle helmet that complies with modern DOT safety specifications. It has a hand-painted, injection-molded ABS outer shell, an expanded polystyrene inner shell with hand-stitched padding,…