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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The Aera Instruments P-1 Pilot Watch – An Affordable Aviation Tool Watch
This is the P-1 Pilot watch from the team at Aera Instruments, it’s a minimalist take on the classic pilot watch design featuring a…
Rare In The USA: A TVR Cerbera “Speed Eight”
The Cerbera was released in 1996 by the low-volume British automaker TVR as their first true mass-market GT car, offering 2+2 seating, a fixed…
The Oru Bay ST Kayak – A Folding Kayak You Can Take Anywhere
This is the Oru Bay ST Kayak, it’s a clever folding kayak that can be quickly packed down into a box measuring in at…
A Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Stunt Car From Steve McQueen’s Final Film
This is a stunt vehicle that was memorably used in Steve McQueen’s last ever film, The Hunter, released in 1980. The car was blown…
Porsche 986 Flat-Six Engine Coffee Table
This is a coffee table made using a Porsche Boxster (986) flat-six engine. It was built earlier this year and features a block and…
Affordable Vintage V8 Roadster: A Crosley Almquist Sabre – $12,800+ USD
This is a Crosley Almquist Sabre Roadster that was built in 1957 with a Ford Flathead V8, a lightweight Almquist Engineering glassfibre body, and…
For Sale: A Homemade Ferrari Formula 1 Simulator
This is a home-built Ferrari Formula 1 similar that includes a cockpit, front end, suspension, and wheels of a 1:1 model designed to evoke…
A BMW 2002 Speedster – $14,950 USD
This is the first BMW 2002 Speedster we’ve ever featured on Silodrome and it’ll probably be the last, as I suspect it’s the only…
Needs Assembly: A Dismantled Ferrari 4.4 Liter Colombo V12 Engine
This is the 4.4 Liter Colombo V12 from a 1969 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2, it’s currently in a disassembled state and requires a recommissioning…
Low-Mile Survivor! A 1975 Bricklin SV-1
This Bricklin SV-1 from 1975 is a low-mile original survivor, with just 8,000 miles on the odometer. The car is said to have stayed…
The Nomad: A Portable Charcoal Grill & Smoker
This is the Nomad, it’s a fully-portable charcoal grill and smoker that can be transported like a suitcase when not in use. It’s made…
The Angry Lane Triumph Thruxton Custom Racer
This is the new Thruxton Custom Racer from the Hong Kong-based French team at Angry Lane. This bike is based on a 2007 Triumph…