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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Havana Leather Notebook
This Havana Leather Notebook is designed to be easily refillable with perforated sheet paper, the cover is leather tanned in the L’Aveyron region of France and brass rivets old the spine together.
1956 BSA Gold Star TT Flat Track Racer
This 1956 BSA Gold Star TT Flat Track Racer was bought in ’56 by Harvey Farrell and raced at the world famous Daytona Beach course throughout 1957, it was bought from him by a private collector shortly thereafter and has remained untouched, in a small collection since then.
Mason Jar Speaker & Amplifier
The Mason Jar Speaker & Amplifier is the sort of mini-stereo that’d find a comfortable home in the garage, backyard shed or as an addition to your camping rucksack.
C-5 Explorer Personal Submarine
This is the C-5 Explorer Personal Submarine and it’s exactly the sort of thing that convinces me that I should be a billionaire. The…
ContaTempo Scuderia
The new Café Racer series of watches by ContaTempo Scuderia are designed to be worn as either wristwatches or around the neck on a lanyard as a stop watch – this strikes me as being quite clever.
1943 M3 Half-Track
When it comes to a weekend off-roader, I’m at a loss to think of anything cooler than a World War II era M3 Half-Track. The M3 pictured here is an original 1943 unit, it’s been fully restored and is now listed as being parade ready, but I say to hell with that. It’d be a sin to own this and not get it at least a little muddy.
thodio iBox XC
The thodio iBox XC is probably the closest anyone has yet come to making a perfect, portable summer stereo – that doesn’t look like a mass-produced piece of plastic.
Lamborghini Countach LP400 ‘Periscopica’
The Lamborghini Countach is one of the most instantly recognisable motor cars ever made, the styling was a staggering departure from its predecessor (the Miura) – so much so that on the unveiling of the prototype in 1971 a member of the press exclaimed “countach!” a local phrase meaning “holy smokes!”. The name suited the car so well that Lamborghini adopted it, and a legend was born.
Two-Tone Glasses by Cutler and Gross
This pair of two-tone acetate glasses by Cutler and Gross have a solid, understated appeal and it’s easy to image that they could be worn by a writer, a rocket scientist or a small town mechanic and still look perfectly suitable.
How To Build A Supercar
This documentary, titled “How To Build A Supercar”, is an incredible look inside the Woking headquarters of McLaren Automotive.
Canvas Tool Bag by Klein Tools
This 12″ tool bag by Klein Tools is designed to hold all your hand tools when you’re on the go – it’s made from heavy duty No. 8 canvas and has a twin-buckle enclosure to keep all your bits safely inside.
1958 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III
This recently restored 1958 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III is one of our top choices from the upcoming Monterey Auction due to take place on the 16th to the 17th of August 2013.