Ben Branch -

Articles that Ben 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.

A Volvo TP21 “Sugga” 4×4 Project Vehicle: The Toughest Volvo Ever Made

This is a 1956 Volvo TP21 “Sugga” that was developed and built for the Swedish military in the 1950s. It’s been called the toughest…

This is a Formosa 236 CM Roadster, and despite looking like a 1950s-era sports racing car, it’s actually a relatively new vehicle with a…

This is the “Shaguar” that was used in all three of the Austin Powers films, memorably driven by Mike Myers and featuring in several…

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Knives

This is the Nathan’s Wooden Knife Safety Kit from Crkt. It’s a $20 USD do-it-yourself knife building kit designed to both teach the skills…

This is snowmobile dragster powered by a mid-mounted supercharged 350 cubic inch (5.7 liter) V8. It has a tubular steel chassis, a cockpit with…

VW Bus Bulli T1 Flat-Four Boxer Engine Kit

This is a relatively large 1:4 scale kit of the VW Bus Bulli T1 flat-four boxer engine. It includes many transparent parts which allow…

This is a Holden Torana LX SS from 1976 that now benefits from a slew of upgrades including being retrofitted with the desirable A9X…

Bertone Italdesign Michelotti Blueprints

This is a series of original Bertone, Italdesign, and Michelotti blueprints and development sketch prints of some of their most influential cars, including the…