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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E-Type Production Line
Great photograph of a couple of British ladies giving a 1963 Jaguar E-Type a quick clean. I bet they’d make a great cup of tea.
1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom Experimental Sports Tourer
This magnificent old Roller has a 7.7 litre straight 6, an engine that I would pay good money just to listen to. The 1926 Phantom…
Riding September by Hysteric Studios
This music video by Hysteric Studios and the bike builders at Blitz Motorcycles is one of those things that makes you sit down and question the intelligence behind working in an office, especially when you learn that the average cubicle is half the size of the average prison cell.
Café Racer Tee by Dime City Cycles
Dime City Cycles is a one stop shop for anyone building or restoring a café racer or retro/vintage motorcycle, they literally sell everything a bike builder might need, including threads like this Café Racer Tee.
Torpedo by StanCraft
It’s exceedingly difficult to wrap words around design like this, the Torpedo by StanCraft is one of the most beautiful 3 dimensional objects I’ve ever seen.
Ulu by Deus Bali
This is the new custom by Deus Bali, it’s leather wrapped surfboard holder is the obvious standout feature, a feature that’ll get plenty of use in it’s new role as a chap called Tim’s primary wave hunter on the Indonesian island of Bali.
The Bullet by Imperial Cycles
Imperial Cycles is run by a couple of talented west coast builders named Eric and Jerome, their designs all have a unique and modern feel with an unmistakable and almost scifi/steampunk retro flavour.
Premier Vintage Helmet
Premier Helmets is an Italy based company producing some nice, less common, boutique designs. All their helmets are ECE rated (read more on that here) and this particular model is moulded from carbon fibre. Featuring a flip-down visor (with either a smoked or tinted finish), the helmet looks a lot like something you’d find on the head of an Apache chopper pilot.
Bullitt In One Photograph
Easily one of the greatest car films of all time, Bullitt featuring Steve McQueen has become one of the standout celluloid icons of the late 60s. This picture was taken during filming and, I think, it sums up the film rather well. Hell, it sums up McQueens entire career rather well.
Xetum Stinson
California based Xetum Watches produce some very interesting timepieces, the relatively new company uses modern, American designs and powers them with ETA 2824-2 Swiss…
1936 Sunbeam Model 14
Sunbeams are timeless, the Model 14 is a great example from the marque. Produced between 1933 and 1938 the 250cc tourer was a solid cross country motorcycle and many of them saw unofficial service during WWII throughout Britain.