Guys travelled to Detroit to pay $75k in cash for a fake Hoonicorn off Facebook Marketplace
- YouTubers bought Hoonicorn replica via Facebook Marketplace
- It cost them $75,000
- They were keen to see what it could do
Published on Jan 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Jan 09, 2025 at 10:03 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
A team of YouTubers from Minnesota, US, bought a one-of-one Hoonicorn replica via Facebook Marketplace.
The homage to the iconic muscle car is based around a similar 1965 Mustang.
After paying in cash they put it through its paces.
Was it worth their huge investment?
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The Facebook Marketplace Hoonicorn
CJ Lotzer and Ben Roth of CboysTV had their head turned by a listing on Facebook Marketplace.
It was a unique replica of Ken Block‘s legendary Hoonicorn from Gymkhana 7.
The OG is currently ‘worth millions and sitting in a museum’.
However, the gang paid $75,000 in cash for the car, which took builder, Chris, three to four years to complete.
The savvy mechanic behind the build who hails from Detroit, Michigan claims that 90 percent of people believed that it was the real deal at the Detroit Autorama.
The meticulously accurate car is based around the abandoned chassis of a wide-bodied 1965 Mustang.
The replica features custom graphics and design elements painstakingly matched to the original Hoonicorn, with a Hot Rod Black paint job and rare wheels.
The performance
Under the hood, the OG boasted an 800-horsepower engine designed just for Gymkhana 7, with the replica coming up the rear with 500HP performance.
It packs fewer horses, so although it runs well it’s built more for its aesthetics and turning heads than precision drifting.
“It looks insane, but it’s definitely more show than go right now—drifting this thing isn’t as easy as it looks,” the boys admitted.
A standout piece in their fleet, next steps are to improve the car’s drifting capabilities and address minor issues like rust and exhaust sound.
“This car deserves to shred tires like the real deal,” they shared.
“We’ve got big plans to make it perform as wild as it looks.”
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
