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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For Sale: An Ex-Peter Brock Australian Safari Rally Holden Rodeo
This is a 2004 Holden Rodeo that was built for the Australian Safari Rally by the Holden Rally Team for none-other than Australian racing…
Rare Vintage Home-On-Wheels: A 1961 Bedford Dormobile Camper
This is a 1961 Bedford Dormobile Camper, it’s one of relatively few surviving originals based on a British Bedford CA van with a camper…
Ferrari 156 F1 “Sharknose”-Style Wine Stand
This is a wine stand that can accommodate two bottles, one in each of the intakes. It’s designed to look like the distinctive front…
Street-Legal NASA Race Car – A Factory Five Type 65 Coupe
This Factory Five Type 65 Coupe was built specifically to race in both NASA and VARA racing events. It’s powered by a 347 cubic…
The OMP Lamborghini “Vintage One” Race Suit
This is the OMP Lamborghini Vintage One race suit, it’s an entirely modern triple-layer, fire-resistant racing suit designed to look like the overalls worn…
A Tastefully Modified 1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
This is a 1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV, it’s one of Giorgetto Giugiaro’s classic 1970s designs created at his own company, Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A.,…
1:3rd Scale: A Ferrari 312T Formula 1 Engine
This is an exact 1:3rd scale model of the Ferrari Tipo 015 flat-12 engine that powered the Ferrari 312T Formula 1 car driven by…
The Kestrel Teardrop Trailer By Timberleaf Trailers – $8,750 USD
This is the Kestrel Teardrop Trailer from Timberleaf Trailers, a specialist company based in Colorado that has been building some of the world’s most…
1:1 Scale: A Full-Size Porsche 917K “Wall Art” Front End
This fiberglass Porsche 917K-style front end was reportedly made from one of the original factory molds, it’s finished in the iconic blue and orange…
Rescued After 30 Years In Storage: A 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z
This is a 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z that spent the last 30 years in long-term storage with just 13,000 miles on the odometer….
For Sale: A Vintage Gulf Oil Sign
This is a vintage Gulf Oil sign from 1989, it measures in at 28″ wide by 25″ tall and it has internal illumination via…
Unusual Machines: The Panoz AIV “Aluminum Intensive Vehicle”
This is an original Panoz AIV from 1997, it’s billed as America’s first aluminum-intensive vehicle, and it was developed to offer state-of-the-art engineering with…