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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One Leap Ahead – A Jaguar Factory Tour In 1961
One Leap Ahead is a short film produced by Jaguar Motors Ltd in 1961 to highlight their advanced production line, it focusses on the assembly of the iconic Jaguar Mark 2 and it’s fascinating…
Costin Jaguar Sports Racer
The history of this Costin Jaguar is quite remarkable, it’s the only one that was ever made and it essentially started life as two separate cars. The body was designed by British aerodynamicist Frank…
AXE 2 Kevlar Motorcycle Shirt
The AXE 2 Kevlar Motorcycle Shirt is a product we’ve covered in previous months, and it’s always garnered huge attention thanks to it’s clever integration of both DuPont Kevlar and pockets for elbow, shoulder…
1989 BMW M3
The BMW E30 was the first car to be adorned with the tri-colour M3 badge, it first appeared in 1985 and quickly found its way to the top of the leaderboard in many international…
On Any Sunday T-Shirt by Iron & Resin
On Any Sunday is a film that cannot be recommended highly enough, in fact if you haven’t seen it yet I’m going to point you in the direction of its IMDB page here. Californian…
BMW R80/7 Poison Dart
The BMW R80/7 was built between 1977 and 1984, it was fitted with the 800cc version of the iconic German boxer-twin engine, over the past few decades these engines have become famous for their…
Ural Sportsman Camp Wandawega Edition
The Ural Sportsman Camp Wandawega Edition is a new-for-2015 model from the iconic sidecar motorcycle manufacturer, it includes a few new features to further increase its toughness over the stock bike, and it comes…
Chevrolet CERV I
It’s difficult to adequately explain how important the CERV was to the development of the Corvette, and to the American automotive industry as a whole. The CERV acronym stands for Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle,…
Skyline GT-R Hakosuka Tee
Cars for a Cure is a clothing company that donates 20% of its revenue to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. It was founded by Mason Watson, a young car designer who tragically lost his…
The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles
The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles is an essential member of the bookshelf in any Triumph-owning household, it’s the most thorough look back at the history of the quintessentially British motorcycle…
1964 Road America 500
The Road America 500 was first held in 1950, and in 1951 it was added to the SCCA National Sports Car Championship. After the tragic spectator death at the 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix,…
Allard K3
Sydney Allard produced 7 cars over the short 13 year lifespan of the company, and it’s entirely possible that you’ve never heard of the Allard Motor Company Limited, but its influence has been hugely…