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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The Bolt Safe
Keeping a hidden stash of money handy in case of emergency is something most of us do in our cars and/or motorcycles, the obvious…
1973 Honda CB350 Cafe Racer
The Honda CB350 is one of the most important motorcycles that Honda ever made, everyone knows about the importance of the Honda CB750 but…
Lancia Rally Tee by Cars for a Cure
Cars for a Cure is a relatively new apparel brand by Mason Watson, he established the company shortly after losing his mother to breast cancer…
BMW R100GS Scrambler by La Manufacture
The BMW R100GS was first produced in 1987, along with the other GS (Gelände/Straße) BMWs it was one of the original dual-sport motorcycles and was…
Classic Motorcycle Jacket by Anvil Motociclette
The classic leather motorcycle jacket is a thing that’s been reinvented, reinterpreted and redesigned for decades, the upside to this is that we see…
1966 Shelby 427 Cobra
This 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 is a great example of the magic that typically happens when the Brits and the Americans stop arguing about…
Magnum Damascus Knife by Böker
Damascus steel was first invented 300 years before the birth of Christ, the original methods used to create it were lost for centuries and only…
1934 Mercedes-Benz 500K/540K Spezial Roadster
The Mercedes-Benz 500K was first shown to the public at the 1934 Berlin Motor Show, the car caused a stir not just in Germany but…
Hip Flask Book Safe
Most enthusiastic drinkers will tell you that it’s important to have a stash somewhere in the house that the other half doesn’t know about…
1947 Cadillac Series 62 Barn Find
This 1947 Cadillac Series 62 barn find is the sort of thing that keeps me up at night, I know it’s not the rarest…
Red Bull F1 V10 Conrod Bolt Cufflinks
These beautifully detailed cufflinks are made from the heads of the bolts used on the connecting rod of the 915bhp Cosworth TJ V10, originally…
Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
The Mercedes-Benz 300SL is one of those hugely significant cars that’ll forever be remembered as one of the top 10 greatest vehicle designs of all time…