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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1955 Ferrari 250 GT Boano
The Ferrari 250 GT Boano by Pinin Farina was originally designed as a show car for the 1956 Geneva Motor Show, it was intended as a sign of things to come and clearly showcased…
The ROK Manual Espresso Maker
The ROK Manual Espresso Maker is, as the name implies, an espresso maker that requires no electricity or tomfoolery to operate – you just load your ground coffee, add hot water to the compression…
Full Documentary: Truth In 24
Truth In 24 is a free-to-air documentary about the extraordinary efforts of the Audi Le Mans team in the lead up to the storied race at the French circuit in 2008, I know many…
Dino 246 GT Wallpaper
The Dino 246 GT was the first car built by Ferrari in significant quantities, it famously wore just the “Dino” badge as Enzo Ferrari didn’t want to dilute the brand by selling a “cheaper”…
1912 Indian Board Tracker
This 1912 Indian Board Tracker is a 102 year old survivor from the formative and exceedingly dangerous years of two-wheeled motor racing in the United States – the board track circuits were (as the…
Paris-Dakar Tee by Heritage Racing Apparel
Heritage Racing Apparel is a small, family owned business run by the father and son team Jeffrey and Casey Maciejewski, they specialize in creating t-shirts with a disntinctly retro feel like the Paris-Dakar inspired…
1959 Porsche 356A 1600 GT
In 1959 Porsche only built 3 right hand drive 356A 1600GTs, today it’s thought that only 2 of those still survive and this car is one of them. It was ordered by the South…
Bell Bullitt RSD Viva Helmet
The new Bell Bullitt RSD Viva Helmet is a limited edition version of Bell’s new retro full face lid with custom graphics by the team at Roland Sands Design. We’ve covered the Bell Bullitt…
DeLorean DMC-12 Barn Find
Despite the low production numbers and somewhat tainted history of the DeLorean DMC-12, it’s unquestionably one of the most instantly recognisable motor cars of all time. One of the most famous and visually arresting…
Waxed Canvas Beer Bag
Although the team at JBird Collective decided to call this bag the Venture Thermal Tote, I think it should be called something a little more catchy – And there are few things more catchy…
Ducati Supermono
The Ducati Supermono is one of the most successful dedicated racing motorcycles ever built by the Italian motorcycle marque, it was originally released in 1993 but to look back at its design from 2014…
Atacama Motorcycle Expedition Tent
The Redverz Motorcycle Expedition Tent is now in its third iteration, each generation of the tent has been slightly improved and the new Series III version (named Atacama) is no exception. The standout feature…