Lee Parks Design DeerTours Gloves are made from Grade-A American deer hide, it’s tougher and more abrasion resistant than cowhide whilst also being thinner – allowing better dexterity.
Each pair of gloves has double-seam stitching and a double-leather palm, they’re fastened with a hook and loop wrist closure – to make sure they won’t come off if you ever find yourself sliding down the asphalt.
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.
This is a B-17 Flying Fortress glass coffee table, it’s made with an original engine from a B-17, the Wright R-1820-97 “Cyclone” turbosupercharged radial that was capable of 1,200 hp. Each B-17 (B-17G) was…
The 702 cubic inch (11.5 litre) GMC V12 was only ever built between 1960 and 1965, it’s estimated that approximately 5,000 were made, and that only 1,500 or so remain in usable condition today. The…
This is the new Maestro Tool Roll by Shanghai Customs, it comes fully equipped with a set of chrome vanadium double ended spanners, a chrome vanadium Allen key set, a chrome vanadium ratchet set, a…
The Arai Rapide is a major new addition to the retro helmet genre, which at this stage must surely be the fastest growing sector in the world of motorcycle helmets. The Arai Rapide series…
This documentary is one of the most remarkable we’ve ever featured, it provides a window into the life of Stew Jones, one of the world’s leading Jaguar restorers who also happens to be completely blind….
Leaf springs have been in use since the early 1800s and they’re still being fitted to production cars now, well over 200 years later. They’ve been used on everything from horse carts and steam trains…
