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.
Ben Branch -
The Art Of Amaury Dubois
The art of Amaury Dubois is characterised by curves and intersecting layers, although his background is mostly in paint and canvas, he’s been working recently with photographic collages like the examples you see here. These…
Yamaha TR1 Scrambler
The Yamaha TR1 is essentially the european version of the XV920R, the differences largely being an increase in displacement for the TR1, and some poorly advised styling tweaks. I’m reasonably certain that design brief…
Gold Dust BoomCase
BoomCase have been producing suitcase stereo systems for a few years now, and they’ve become a favourite amongst those who need a decent outdoor sound system, but don’t want to lug around a black…
Q Branch Spectre Gadget Switches
Q Branch is by far the most famous of the fictional clandestine spy gadget manufacturers, they’ve been hard at work since Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale was published in 1953, with various characters playing Q…
Scooter Commuter
Scooter Commuter is a 1962 film in the “Look at Life” miniseries that was produced for British television. Each episode is approximately 10 minutes long, and it looks at a different career or subculture…
1968 AMC AMX
When the AMC AMX was launched in 1968 the AMC vice president Vic Raviolo described it as “the Walter Mitty Ferrari” – a reference to the character created by James Thurber in his short…
James Bond’s Spectre Holster
This is the leather holster used by Daniel Craig in the most recent James Bond film “Spectre”, it was used during filming and is one of five leather shoulder holsters hand-made for Bond by…
Eagle E-Type Speedster
The original Series I Jaguar E-Type is overwhelmingly regarded by the British public to be the most beautiful car of all time, Enzo Ferrari himself called it the most beautiful car he had ever…
Super 55 Mahogany RIB
The Super 55 is a new design from Ocean 398 that’s been developed to be a combination of a ’60s era mahogany runabout with all the benefits of a modern RIB. With a length…
Harley-Davidson Dyna Custom
We don’t see all that many Harley-Davidson Dyna-based customs. In fact I don’t think I’ve ever seen one quite like this, the Sportster is by far the most common platform for customisation when it comes…
Desktop Wallpapers: Antique American Maps
This is a small selection from the expansive collection of early American maps from the new York Public Library.
Ryan Reynolds’ Triumph Thruxton
Ryan Reynolds is an actor who needs no introduction, in fact as I type this his latest film Deadpool has already broken the box-office record for an R-Rated film, it’s also the highest grossing…