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Cleetus McFarland's rebuilt Killa-B arrives with Lamborghini-style doors

Denny Hamlin, Dax Shepard, Vanilla Ice and Carson Hocevar turn up at the Freedom Factory, and Hamlin ends up in the passenger seat of a drifting Cadillac.

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I Finally Got Blessed... & the Blazer Returns!!!

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0:08Cleetus welcomes Vanilla Ice and Wes ahead of race day at the Freedom Factory.
0:41Archie explains how far the beaten-up Killa-B was rebuilt.
4:43Killa-B rolls out of the trailer in glossy black with vertical doors and big rear wheels.
10:56Denny Hamlin inspects the car; Dax Shepard and Carson Hocevar arrive soon after.
14:33Cleetus takes Hamlin and passengers drifting in the blue Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing.
18:04Killa-B goes onto the burnout pad for a smoke-filled burnout.

Archie has a simple way of describing what came back on his trailer: "It's essentially a new car. Every line on that car is brand-new."

The car is Killa-B, the beaten-up Chevrolet that the title calls the Blazer, and it rolls out at Cleetus McFarland's Freedom Factory looking nothing like its old self. It is glossy black now, with an LS engine from LME, huge rear wheels, a Holley digital dash and doors that swing straight up, Lamborghini-style. Viewers have run with that last detail, joking that the Killer Bee finally has wings. Many of them also credit the builder they know as Kevin, or KSR, for the work.

The arrival happens on the eve of LeMullets race day at the Florida track, which is why the guest list reads like a dare. Vanilla Ice is there and already plotting to "leave our paint on some other cars." Dax Shepard, the actor and Armchair Expert podcaster, comes in from his own laps and greets the car with "Oh, what a joy." Carson Hocevar, a day after his oval-track session with Cleetus, teases the host about getting "blessed" with custom builds.

Then there is Denny Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner, who admits he is "truthfully, a little nervous" about the event. His nerves get tested sooner than he expects. Cleetus takes him out for drifting laps in a blue Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, with a pre-ride warning that hardly helps: "If you're scared, don't scream, cuz we're scared too." Hamlin's reaction from the passenger seat is the moment viewers keep bringing up.

Killa-B saves its own moment for the end. Cleetus puts it on the burnout pad and keeps going until the tires come apart, then climbs out with a verdict nobody would guess from the smoke: "That's the easiest car ever to drive." The description also promises the Blazer running in the eights.

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What viewers say

Denny, Dax and Vanilla Ice all in the same video seems like a fever dream.
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Killer Bee got literal wings now
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The Freedom Factory is a real life Field of Dreams.

Build it and they will come!
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Cleet scaring Denny Hamlin was epic
@jkbaker01See it on YouTube
Kevin CRUSHED it on the Blazer!
@charlienewman7496See it on YouTube
Shout out Robbie Layton that guy has been absolutely grinding on other peoples projects, his brand and his crew have A+ craftsmanship and have hit some insane deadlines and deliver showroom quality. MASSIVE respect.
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I might be the only Aussie who says this, but shout out to the painter for keeping us Aussies on the roof with our Stars and Stripes brothers 🇦🇺🇺🇸
@blehbleh222See it on YouTube
Love James behind the camera kicking it old school!!!
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Literally put Zack in cheesecake and George in the blazer that’s real cinema
@djtheking1See it on YouTube
Right on KSR. Give that guy his flowers that unit went dead hook straight! Awesome
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