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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Hudson 4-Grain Bourbon by Tuthilltown Spirits
Hudson 4-Grain Bourbon by Tuthilltown Spirits is a return to the roots of classic distilling, it’s made with equal parts of of corn, rye, wheat and malted barley and then aged in small oak barrels.
Ayrton Senna – The Right To Win
“Ayrton Senna – The Right To Win” is a documentary that came out in 2004, a few years before the recent and brilliantly made “Senna”.
Rossmeyer Flyer by Jesse Rooke
The Rossmeyer Flyer was built by Jesse Rooke for Bruce Rossmeyer, a very well-known Harley-Davidson dealership owner, the bike itself is a classic Rooke design with elements of board-tracker, chopper and cruiser all integrated without any one element overpowering the design.
Mechanical Playing Cards
So long as there are men there’ll be cards, whiskey and cigars. Up until fairly recently there wasn’t a whole lot of variety available in the playing card space and so in order to rectify this, the designers at Theory11 designed this beautiful pack of steam punk playing cards.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is a slight departure from our usual programming here on Silodrome, although as it features cars, coffee and comedians, I felt like most of you wouldn’t mind.
Reliant Rugged Robin
Meet the Reliant Rugged Robin, it’s an original Robin that’s been pulled to bits and rebuilt A-Team style. The matte green little beast has tank tracks fitted at the rear as well as a Browning .50 cal machine gun…
Whistle Creek Survival Kit in a Sardine Can
The Whistle Creek Survival Kit in a Sardine Can is one of those clever little items that we should probably all take with us when we venture off the beaten trail, it contains…
Nero by Bandit 9
This bike, dubbed “Nero”, is one of the most unusual CJ750s we’ve seen. The team at Bandit 9 went all out on the build, they started with a full engine and transmission rebuild…
Perfecto Runaway Jacket
Perfecto is a Schott owned boutique clothing company specialising in American made, classic jackets. They’re made one by one in Schott’s New York based factory, each jacket is made from hand-oiled vintaged leather with brass fittings and a plaid wool lining.
Amy Johnson
In some respects, Amy Johnson was the British version of Amelia Earhart. Although she never achieved the same fame both of the women were pioneers in flight, both set multiple world records and both died young in tragic, water related accidents.
War Crimes Harley Custom by Super Rat
Super Rat Motorcycles is one of those garages that never, ever builds anything normal. And this bike, War Crimes, is anything but normal. We…
Stay True Magazine
Stay True Magazine is a fantastic, new online publication centred around classic, no bullshit motorcycling. Issue 3 of the free digital magazine was just released and if you like bikes, photography and racing, you’re going to want to see it. Seriously.