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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Pete Townshend’s Rickenbacker
Pete Townshend became famous early in his career as the front man of The Who as a guitar smashing tour de force – a man who stood in stark contrast to the relatively buttoned-down…
Sydney to London on a Wing and a Prayer
Dot. Sydney to London on a Wing and a Prayer is a film that documents the journey of Nathan Millward from Sydney to London in 2009. He set off from Sydney with no plans,…
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 is almost universally known by its unofficial nickname – Ferrari Daytona. Ferrari have never formerly embraced the Daytona label, and even now it only gets a single begrudging mention on their…
Jim Clark’s Lotus 49: Screen Print Poster
Jim Clark is remembered as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. The Scotsman managed 33 pole positions and 25 race victories from his 72 Grands Prix, he also took a Lotus-Cortina…
MV Agusta Bol d’Or by Walt Siegl
Words by Walt Siegl. I always had a soft spot for the raw brutishness of 80s Endurance bikes, and I wanted to use an MV Agusta, which I have been in love with since…
The Shop Rag Shirt by The Godspeed Co.
The Shop Rag Shirt by The Godspeed Co. is quite possibly the perfect shirt for use in the garage, each one is 100% American-made from cotton Osnaburg fabric and the shirt is overedged by…
Ducati GT1000 by TTRNO
The Ducati GT1000 remains one of the best of the retro modern motorcycles we’ve seen in recent memory. With a kerb weight of 185 kilograms (407 lbs), a 992cc L-twin producing 92hp and 67.25…
Rolls-Royce V8 Coffee Table
Prior to the takeover by BMW in 1998 Rolls-Royce made use of the L Series V8, an engine that had been developed in the 1950s and still remains in use today – in modified…
Jet-Hot Double Down By Fuller Moto
The Jet-Hot Double Down is a vehicle that you’ve likely seen before. This time however there’s some new information about it that’ll likely interest the wealthier amongst you – it’s for sale. Fuller Moto…
Porsche 356 by Claudia Liebenberg
Claudia Liebenberg is a talented South African painter whose work we’ve featured before, she specialises in the use of watercolours because it means she has small and highly portable painting supplies that she can…
Horse Brand Company Naval Knife
The Naval Knife by the Horse Brand Company has been developed in the style of the knives used by Scandinavian sailors and naval men. It has a 440C stainless steel blade paired with a…
Up From Clay Documentary: A Car is Born in 1959
Up From Clay is an official General Motors film from 1959 that covers the process of developing a design for a new car, it’s presented by James E Goodman, who at the time was…