Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, 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 millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
Ben Branch March 22, 2021

The Isdera Imperator 108i was a supercar born from the stubborn refusal of its designer to let it die as “just” a concept car – it was originally designed by Eberhard Schulz as the Mercedes-Benz…
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Ben Branch March 22, 2021

This is the new Jerry Can Bar Cabinet By Danish Fuel, each one is made using a real ex-military Jerry can from Europe that has been repurposed or “upcycled” into a wall-mounted minibar. The original…
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Ben Branch March 21, 2021

The race-winning BSA Goldstar you see here was ridden by Jim Rice, a Hall of Famer and a memorable star of the iconic film On Any Sunday. Rice was immortalized in the film in large…
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Ben Branch March 21, 2021

The East African Safari Rally was run from 1953 until 2019 under a variety of names, interestingly for the first 19 years of the event it was always won by local African-born drivers – all…
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Ben Branch March 20, 2021

There are very few cars we can all agree on, and I think this is probably one of them. It’s a 1975 Porsche 911 Carrera MFI that was built to safari rally specification by the…
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Ben Branch March 20, 2021

Alfa Romeo Matta AR51 was Italy’s answer to both the American Jeep and the British Land Rover, though truth be told it was more advanced than either of them thanks to its DOHC inline-four which…
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Ben Branch March 19, 2021

There are few vehicles as universally loved as the VW Type 2, the air-cooled van has a number of different names depending on region and specification including Transporter, Kombi, Microbus, Bus, Camper, or Bulli. Much…
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Ben Branch March 19, 2021

Starting in 1970 the American company MTD released its first line of minibikes, this was right in the middle of the minibike revolution that was sweeping much of the United States and the western world,…
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Ben Branch March 18, 2021

The Matra Murena is an unusual mid-engined French sports car from the early 1980s, it features the wedge-shaped styling that was so in vogue at the time, and it looks almost like a sibling of…
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Ben Branch March 18, 2021

The new Vertigo 917 Gold Rush Boot is the result of a collaboration between legendary American boot makers Danner, and the team of world renowned outfitters over at Huckberry. Danner have been building American boots for…
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Ben Branch March 17, 2021

The photography in this article was provided by Douglas MacRae, you can visit his website here to see the prints he has for sale including one of this bike. The bike you see is the…
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Ben Branch March 17, 2021

The Snugpak Ionosphere is a British-made, swag-style one person tent designed to be extremely small and lightweight – making it ideal for motorcyclists on cross-country adventures. This kind of one person tent is probably best…
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