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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Harley-Davidson Sportster Café Racer
The Harley-Davidson café racer genre is a little corner of the café racer world that I’ve grown very fond of, I love the history of the brand and although the modern offerings aren’t really my cup of tea, they are designed to be customised by their owners and their owners almost always oblige.
Grain Surfboards
Grain Surfboards build stunningly beautiful boards from locally sourced white cedar, they offer “ready to surf” boards as well as kits for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer…
1965 Ford Mustang
It isn’t everyday that a mint condition, factory spec Mustang arrives on the auction block. This ’65 Ford Mustang underwent a 2 year restoration to exact, factory specification, right down to the fully functioning AM/FM radio, heater and window defroster.
Luigi Villoresi & Alberto Ascari
Luigi Villoresi and Alberto Ascari are perhaps the 2 of the most famous Italian F1 drivers from the mid-20th century, it’s very rare to find a picture of them together despite the fact that they travelled the world racing in some of the first sanctioned Formula 1 races after WW2.
Connery Cool
Okay so there’s no motor vehicle in this photograph. It’s just unadulterated cool and I wanted to share it.
Carroll Shelby
I don’t think I’m a celebrity. I’m just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.
Retro Flip Clock
I love mechanical timepieces, usually we see them being wristwatch based with the occasional pocket watch thrown in for good measure, but what about the old fashioned Desktop Flip Clock?
1976 Lancia Stratos ‘Stradale’
The Lancia Stratos Stradale is quite easily one of the most famous cars of the last century. The first Lancia Stratos HF prototype was shown at the 1971 Turin Motor Show with the design being clearly based on the captivating Stratos Zero concept car from the previous year’s show.
Rimfire Gloves by Icon 1000
The Rimfire Glove is part of Icon’s new Icon 1000 collection, the glove uses technologically advanced D3O® knuckle armour and an array of convex rivets on the palm to protect your hands from road rash.
Custom Boardtracker Harley
I’m not entirely sure how to categorise this motorcycle, it started life as a 1996 Harley-Davidson Sportster however it’s clearly been reworked from tip to tail and it now resembles a sort of rat rod, heavy boardtracker.
Ion Lamp by Schoolhouse Electric
The Ion Lamp by Schoolhouse Electric is a retro, desk based lamp that uses an Edison Single Loop lightbulb to provide a warm glow. The lamp has the ability to make your messy desk look like it belongs to a misunderstood, turn of the century genius.
Original Café Racer
You may not have noticed this yet, but take a look at how low down the clip-ons are mounted on this old Norton cafe racer.