This Absolute Legend Gold Wing Swapped A VW Beetle, But That's Not All

There are a couple of different ways that people who post custom/restoration/vehicular transformation videos tend to do things. By far, the most common seems to be a multi-video approach to the project, showing you various steps (sometimes time-lapsed, sometimes not) that will eventually lead to a cohesive whole. Sometimes, they'll do this while the project is still underway; other times, they won't post it until after the project is complete. 

Honestly, with the amount of work involved, it's not at all difficult to see arguments both ways. If you post as you go, on the one hand, it can be a way to keep yourself accountable, or maybe open up a conversation between yourself and other enthusiasts about how you're doing what you're doing, and whether someone with more experience might have useful advice if there's an aspect you've never tackled before. Enthusiasts are passionate people who like learning things, and frequently, it's a superpower!

And then, there's the quietly understated, short-form walkthrough, after the project is done. That's a rarer project video type to find online, but it's exactly what JT Built It posted as their very first YouTube channel entry a couple of months ago. To be fair, he'd been posting a bunch of stuff about this project earlier on in the build on Instagram, but I think you'll immediately see why so many people were like, "dude, why don't you have a YouTube channel already?"

In this video, JT walks you through the broad strokes of the build, explaining how and why he did what he did. And somehow, he manages to compress what was clearly months of work into just 12 minutes. Say what?

The good news for anyone curious about this project is that he did have cameras rolling while he was doing all the work, too. That's why a video posted a little later on his YT channel sort of functions as a time-lapse of various parts of the process, from preparing the engine for installation to doing some of the bodywork on the Bug. Click through the video above, go to JT's channel, and take a look around (and think about subscribing while you're at it). 

But even better than that is the fact that, now that he's proved that this concept is a workable one (although he's still working out some of the kinks, as it is, in fact, a completely custom build, complete with a certain amount of uncertainty), he's moving on to a new project.

This time, it's not a vintage Beetle that's getting a brand new Gold Wing engine transplant; it's a Porsche 914/4, instead. New year, new challenge! The 914 has quite a bit of rust that needs to be dealt with, but it's no doubt gonna be fascinating to see how it shapes up.