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The Bell Moto-3 Blackout Helmet – Retro Style + Modern Safety

Ben Branch January 6, 2021
Bell Moto-3 Blackout Helmet
  • American
  • Gear
  • Helmets

  The Bell Moto-3 Blackout helmet is a new iteration of the much-loved Moto 3 design – a retro-styled motocross helmet that’s been built…

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Mickey Thompson’s Personal Chevrolet Corvette Z06 “Tanker”

Ben Branch December 18, 2020
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Tanker
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

  This car was Mickey Thompson’s personal daily driver back in the mid-1960s, it’s a rare Corvette Z06 “Tanker” – essentially a factory-built race…

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A Shelby-V8 Engined 421 hp Ford Bronco Custom

Ben Branch December 15, 2020
Ford Bronco Custom
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Classic Cars

  The original Ford Bronco is one of the most important and beloved American 4x4s of its era, in more recent years it’s become…

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Project Plane: A WWII-Era Boeing Stearman Model 75 – $50,000 USD

Ben Branch December 11, 2020
Boeing Stearman Model 75 1
  • American
  • Planes
  • Project Vehicles

  The Boeing Stearman Model 75 was the most prolific American biplane trainer aircraft of the Second World War, over 10,000 were built and…

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1 of 90 Made: The Rare Ford Torino Twister Special

Ben Branch December 10, 2020
Ford-Torino-Twister-Special-V8
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Ford

  The Ford Torino Twister Special is an exceedingly rare car, just 90 were ever built and only 29 are now accounted for in…

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Twin-Engined Royal Enfield Land Speed Racer – The First Naked Bike To Exceed 200 mph

Ben Branch December 9, 2020
Twin-Engined Royal Enfield Land Speed Racer
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

  This highly unusual twin-engined Royal Enfield motorcycle was designed and built by Jimmy Enz of Lynwood, California in the late 1960s with one…

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JRL Cycles Lucky 7 – A Radial Engined Production Motorcycle

Ben Branch December 8, 2020
JRL Cycles Lucky 7 – A Radial Engine Production Motorcycle 5
  • American
  • Australian
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

  Editor’s Note: We don’t typically feature choppers on Silodrome as it’s not really our wheelhouse, however we do make exceptions to this every…

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The Simpson M50 Helmet – Retro Looks, Modern Safety

Ben Branch December 7, 2020
Simpson M50 Helmet
  • American
  • Gear
  • Helmets

  The Simpson M50 helmet is a 21st century reissue of Simpson’s classic 1970s-style motorcycle helmets, but it’s now built to current DOT safety…

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Documentary: The 1978 Jeep Expedition of the Americas

Ben Branch December 6, 2020
1978 Jeep Expedition of the Americas CM
  • Adventure
  • American
  • Classic 4x4
  • Off Road

Editor’s Note: Some of you may have noticed that this is the third “expedition across the Americas” type documentary that we’ve featured in recent…

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The Chevrolet El Camino SS – A 325 hp American Icon

Ben Branch December 4, 2020
Chevrolet El Camino SS 396
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Muscle Cars

  The Chevrolet El Camino SS was the high performance version of the standard El Camino – a car that had been released in…

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The New Snowmobile Two-Stroke Oil Scented Candle

Ben Branch December 2, 2020
Snowmobile Two-Stroke Oil Scented Candles
  • American
  • Gear
  • Home

  This is the new Snow Tiger scented candle by the team at Flying Tiger Motorcycles – it’s a scented candle that uses two-stroke…

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Chevrolet K5 Blazer Restomod – With A 480 HP LS3 Crate Engine

Ben Branch December 1, 2020
Chevrolet-K5-Blazer-Restomod
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Classic Cars

  The Chevrolet K5 Blazer you see here has been modified with a brand new 376 cu. in. LS3 crate engine producing 480 hp…

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The traditional “Silodrome” was a carnival sideshow attraction also called the “Wall of Death." You may have seen them at county fairs – the vertical velodromes were originally built from old grain silos, leading to the name "silo-drome."

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