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 Shinola Monster Lake Superior Automatic Dive Watch
This is the Lake Superior version of the Shinola Monster, a highly-regarded dive watch with a Swiss automatic movement, a depth rating of 1,000…
For Sale: A Lamborghini Diablo V12 Coffee Table
This is a coffee table made from a Lamborghini Diablo V12, it has a tempered glass top which is supported by all 12 pistons,…
The Long Splitter Axe By Adler Axes – Made In Germany
This is the Long Splitter Axe from the team at Adler Axes, it was developed with a unique head that combines the functions of…
650 BHP Supercharged Land Rover Defender Pick Up Truck
This is almost certainly the most powerful, and possibly the most ludicrous, Land Rover Defender we’ve ever featured. It was built by 3R Automotive…
The 1929 de Havilland Gipsy Moth From “Out of Africa” Is Now For Sale
This is the 1929 de Havilland Gipsy Moth that was used extensively in the 1985 film “Out of Africa” starring Meryl Streep and Robert…
A Japanese-Style Tanto Knife Made From A Railroad Spike
This is an American railroad spike that’s been hand-forged by the blacksmiths at Northern Cresent Iron into a Japanese-style tanto knife with a 4.5″…
A Rare 1970 MkII Manta Ray Beach Buggy
This is one of the few surviving examples of the Manta Ray Beach Buggy, it’s a MkII variant from 1970 with a design based…
Sunski Couloir: Sunglasses With Removable Magnetic Side Shields
These are the Sunski Couloir sunglasses, each pair comes with a set of removable magnetic side shields designed to protect you from glare reflected…
For Sale: A Recently Built Range Rover Dakar Rally Racer
This is a 1980 Range Rover V8 that was painstakingly rebuilt into a competitive rally car by Roberto Rettani – an experienced race car…
1980 Ford Pinto “Cruising Wagon” Rallye Pack 4-Speed
This is a 1980 Ford Pinto “Cruising Wagon” with the rare Rallye Pack option and a 4-speed manual transmission. These wagons are hard to…
Ex-Steve Perry Of “Journey”: A 1987 Harley-Davidson Softail Custom
This 1987 Harley-Davidson Softail Custom was bought new off the showroom floor by Steve Perry, best-known as the frontman and lead singer of rock…
Warehouse Discovery: The 1968 Kershaw “Cruiseaire” Toronado Limousine
This is the Kershaw “Cruiseaire,” it was built in 1968 on the chassis of an Oldsmobile Toronado as a new kind of limousine and/or…