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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Last Of The 1970s Trans Ams: A 1979 Pontiac Trans Am T-Top
This is a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am finished in Heritage Brown with a Camel interior and power provided by the factory-fitted 403 cubic inch…
The EMI TG12345 MkI Recording Console Used By The Beatles
This is the EMI TG12345 MkI recording console that was used by The Beatles and many other artists at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios. It’s…
Found 37 Years After Being Stolen! A 1968 Chevrolet Corvette 4-Speed
This 1968 Chevrolet Corvette has an incredible story behind it, it was stolen from Alan Poster, its first owner, in New York City in…
The Mountain Belt By Craft & Lore – Made In The USA
This is the Mountain Belt from the team at Craft & Lore, each is made from Hermann Oak’s Old World Harness leather and comes…
Johnny Carson’s 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 5-Speed Is For Sale
This 5-speed 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 was bought new by legendary comedian and host of the “The Tonight Show” Johnny Carson. Carson was a friend…
For Sale: A Mercedes-Benz AMG V8 Engine Coffee Table
This coffee table was made using a supercharged V8 Mercedes-Benz AMG engine, specifically the Mercedes-Benz M113 from the late-1990s into the 2000s. Versions of…
For Sale: A Lamborghini Countach From “The Wolf of Wall Street”
This is one of two examples of the Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Edition that were used in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf…
A Classic Volkswagen Beetle Sofa
This sofa has been made from the backend of a Volkswagen Beetle, it’s been upholstered in black vinyl, it has space for two people,…
For Sale: A TS-11 Iskra Jet Aircraft – $40,000 USD
The TS-11 Iskra would be the first jet aircraft ever developed and built entirely in Poland, it would remain service from 1960 right the…
The Waterbury Chronograph By Timex – $189 USD
This is the Waterbury Chronograph by Timex, it’s a classically styled and entirely affordable watch that looks far more expensive than it actually is,…
Rare “Wide Body” – A 1986 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC AMG 6.0
This Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC AMG 6.0 “Wide Body” from 1986 is thought to be one of the lowest mileage examples of its kind anywhere…
The JFK Saratoga Sunglasses By American Optical
These are the JFK Saratoga Sunglasses by American Optical. They’re a reissue of the original Saratoga design that was made famous by John F….