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 Haven Tent: An Unusual “Lay-Flat” Hammock Tent
This is the Haven Tent, and for the uninitiated, it’s a patented hammock tent design that allows the occupant to lay completely flat, rather…
Rare Lamborghini Prototype: The 1958 Lamborghini Agricole DL 30C
This is an unusual example of the tractors that came from Lamborghini Trattori in the 1950s, it’s one of 10 or so prototypes made…
The Handmade Ono Kezuru Hatchet by Japan’s Neru Design Works
This is the Ono Kezuru Hatchet, each is made by hand by the team at Neru Design Works in Japan, and the steel axehead…
Barn Find: A 1970 Maserati Mistral 4.0
This is one of the final 20 examples of the Maserati Mistral that were made, it was also the last of the “Casa del…
For Sale: The “Fast Attack Buggy” From The Furious 7 Movie
This is the Fast Attack Buggy that you may remember from the Furious 7 film that debuted back in 2015 starring Vin Diesel, Paul…
Australian Muscle Car: The 1972 Holden HQ GTS Monaro
This is a 1972 Holden HQ GTS Monaro, and if you’re not from the southern hemisphere you may never have encountered one before –…
70s Icon For Sale: A 1971 Ford Ranchero Country Squire
This is a 1971 Ford Ranchero Country Squire, an unusual vehicle even by the already offbeat standards of the 1970s, and according to the…
The Industrial Design Research “FireAero” – 1 Of 30 Ever Made
This is the Industrial Design Research FireAero, it’s an exceedingly rare vehicle with just 30 believed to have been built by the Laguna Beach-based…
San Francisco Forest Circuit: A 1:24 Scale Carrera Digital Slot Car Track
This is a 1:24 scale Carrera Digital slot car track that has been built by a specialist from Belgium into a diorama of a…
A Rare Porsche-Powered 1959 Devin D
This is a 1959 Devin-Porsche D, it’s an American designed and built sports car developed by Bill Devin – it entered limited production and…
For Sale: An Unusual Honda N600 “Woodie Wagon”
The Honda N600 is undoubtedly one of the most important cars in the Japanese company’s history, it was their first automobile officially imported into…
A Rare Brazilian Sports Car: The Puma GTI
This is an original 1981 Puma GTI, it’s one of just 610 examples made by Puma Automóveis Ltda of São Paulo, and it’s become…