If you grew up in the 70s or 80s the General Lee was far more important to you than girls, money or food. The orange Dodge Charger with its doors welded shut was the stuff of legend, watching it sliding around a corner belting after a bad guy (or away from the cops) kicking up walls of brown dust and jumping over all of the conveniently placed dirt ramps in it’s path. It was just wonderful.
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 Datsun 240Z is one of the most popular, and arguably one of the most important, Japanese cars of its era. With the recent release (at the time of writing) of the Nissan Z…
The DeLorean DMC-12 is nothing if not controversial when it was released, but the passing of time and the fact that the car was the star of the hit 1980s Back To The Future films…
This episode from XCar focusses on the Frontline Developments Abingdon Edition MGB, a comprehensively rebuilt MGB offering modern levels of performance and reliability, in a beautiful and quintessentially British roadster package. The MGB is a…
This post was written by Brett Smith of the fantastic website We Went Fast. Years ago, someone told me I’d never find a reason to visit Boron, California. A mining town 130 miles northeast…
The original Jaguar E-Type was in production from 1961 till 1975, a total of 14 years, at which time it was replaced by the somewhat controversially-styled Jaguar XJ-S. The team at Eagle have been restoring…
Before you get out the pitchforks and flaming torches let me put your minds at ease – no vintage Mongoose Californian BMX bikes were harmed in the production of the motorized bike you see before…
