Ben Branch
February 19, 2021
This is the Little Legends Spyder, it’s a drivable 1:2 scale model of the Ferrari 250 GT California – considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cars ever made. Despite its…
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Ben Branch
February 18, 2021
The AC Frua was built on the same chassis as the mighty AC Cobra 427 Mark III, though it was stretched by 6 inches to give the car a little more room for a…
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Ben Branch
February 15, 2021
This is an original, unrestored Holden Monaro GTS, it was Australia’s answer to the onslaught of American muscle cars in the 1960s like the Mustang and the Camaro, and it would arguably become Holden’s most…
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Ben Branch
February 12, 2021
All surviving examples of the Lamborghini Countach LP400 “Periscopio” are valuable, just 157 were made and today they’re seen as among the purest expressions of Marcello Gandini’s original design. This car is perhaps a…
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Ben Branch
February 11, 2021
This is the Maserati Biturbo Si Black, just 105 of these were built between 1986 and 1988, and they’re powered by what was the world’s first production twin-turbocharged engine. If you’re anything like me,…
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Ben Branch
February 9, 2021
This Datsun 240Z has a remarkable history, it was bought new by a British Army Captain while on a tour of duty in Cyprus and not long after he was ambushed by insurgents resulting…
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Ben Branch
February 8, 2021
The Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside was produced alongside its siblings in the Corvair 95 model family to challenge the popularity of the VW Type 2 – otherwise known as the VW Bus or VW…
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Ben Branch
February 7, 2021
This is a Reliant Regal Supervan III that was used during the filming of one of Britain’s most loved comedy TV series – Only Fools and Horses. Although three-wheeled Reliants have long been a…
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Ben Branch
February 7, 2021
This film by Callum Gillies is about one of the strangest vehicles to ever turn a wheel on the icebound southern continent of Antarctica. Called the Mini-Trac, this vehicle looks like it was built…
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Ben Branch
February 4, 2021
This is the 460 bhp BMW M5 touring car that was built for French racing driver Marc Sourd for the 1985 Championnat de France Production, the nation’s premier touring car championship. Sourd competed in every…
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Ben Branch
February 3, 2021
The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona is one of the most important cars in NASCAR history, it was the first to break the 200 mph barrier and it proved so fast that its immediate successor was…
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Ben Branch
February 2, 2021
This post is part of a new series on Silodrome where we find interesting people from the automotive world and ask them to tell us about themselves in their own words. We’ll be featuring…
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