Made By Hand is a documentary commissioned by Porsche in the 1950s to showcase their 356 model, the film follows the production of the 356 from sheet metal to finished product, including panel assembly, painting, engine machining, gearbox assembly, and even the final wheel alignment and road testing.
It’s a fascinating look back at the very beginnings of Porsche, and the short introduction features Ferry Porsche himself – rare footage of the man who was always far more interested in engineering that appearing on camera.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, 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 millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
The MGC – A Sports Car in Search of an Engine The story of the MGC is fraught with “what could have been…” possibilities. For all its good and not so desirable points the MGC…
This is the Tamiya R/C Volkswagen Beetle Rally, it’s an homage to all of the Beetle-based rally and desert racing vehicles that have been built from the 1950s right through to the present day. Although…
The Triumph TRS was a special works-built racing version of the Triumph TR3, though it has to be said it shared little with the TR3 other than the chassis, and even that was significantly modified….
This is the 1963 Ford Falcon Clan by Ghia, it’s an early collaboration between Ford and Ghia that uses the same platform and running gear as the Ford Falcon Sprint – the car that…
Land Rover 50 Year Adventure is an hour long documentary about one of the world’s most important off-road vehicles – the Land Rover. The Land Rover concept famously started out humbly in the post-WWII…
This is the last 1953 Chevrolet Corvette that was built, 1953 was the first year the Corvette was offered for sale which makes this car the last of the first Corvettes. Chevrolet first showed the…
