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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Made in USA: The 420 Carbon Steel Code of the West 110 Knife
This is the Buck Knives x Code of the West 110 Folding Hunter®, each one is made in the USA with a 420 high…
For Sale: A Beautiful Vintage Airstream With A Verandah Deck
This is a 1976 Airstream Argosy that has just been through a three-year rebuild with Dragonfly Campers based out of North Carolina. It now…
700+ BHP Crate Engine: A 9.4 Liter Gen II Big Block Hemi V8
This is a 9.4 liter Gen II big block Hemi crate engine built by Prestige Motorsports out of Concord, North Carolina. Each engine is…
The Daihatsu Midget II: The Slowest Car You Ever Drove in Gran Turismo
This is an original Daihatsu Midget II, it’s a JDM car in every sense of the word, designed to fit into the low-tax Kei…
The Bolt Action Pen From The James Brand
This is the Kent, it’s the first bolt-action pen design from the James Brand. It’s designed to be an heirloom quality pen that’ll last…
Retro Dream Machine: A Beautiful 1982 Toyota Pickup Deluxe
This is a 1982 Toyota Pickup Deluxe 4×4, it comes from a time shortly before Toyota switched the model over to independent front suspension,…
The Barebones Brass Mini Flashlight – $33 USD
This is the Barebones Mini Flashlight, it comes in both brass and aluminum (shown further down the page), it contains a rechargeable lithium-ion battery,…
Fully-Restored! A Beautiful 1961 Bedford CA Camper Van
This beautifully restored 1961 Bedford CA Dormobile camper van was rebuilt by the team on the YouTube channel Mad Works Garage. The project saw…
For Sale: A 1,000+ BHP Chevrolet ZZ632 Crate Engine
This is a brand new Chevrolet ZZ632/1000 crate engine, it’s good for 1,004 bhp when fitted to a car, and impressively it’s naturally aspirated,…
Unusual American Sports Car: A 1948 Devin Crosley Roadster
This is a 1948 Devin Crosley, it’s a highly-modified Crosley with a lightweight Devin body over the top, now powered by an MG A-series…
Portable Power Station: The EcoFlow Delta 2 Solar Generator + Battery
This is the EcoFlow Delta 2 Solar Generator, it’s one of the highest-rated solar panel and portable battery sets currently on the market, with…
For Sale: A Street-Legal 1989 Batmobile Built By Putsch Racing
This is a street-legal replica of the 1989 Batmobile that has a custom steel-tube chassis, a Corvette drivetrain, independent four-wheel suspension, four-wheel disc brakes,…