6TWO1 Honda Civic EG6 & what happened.

This car is the car I get asked about the most, i think its pretty cool that something I got myself 14 years ago still has a place in peoples thoughts all these years later. A car that kind of has its own theme tune, (insert Little Britain meme) but it means a lot, and all these years later i am so glad I never gave in and sold it, or gave up on the project itself…

Sometimes I do just go down to the unit it lives in, which is still the original unit the built took place in and just think of the amazing times I had with this car, so so much has changed since. Sometimes I yearn for those times to be relived, I cant even explain how happy I was back then, it was really a golden time for me in my life so far.

But I also like to think how lucky I was too to live through the time these cars were £2000, where parts from japan were unwanted and cheap, sold to other nerds on these obscure sections on the internet called … Forums…. where we would show off our builds, share our passions, argue about egg mayo & sell really, really rare parts, that no one wanted haha. Man those days were so good.

I can only speak on behalf of myself but my obsession with the Honda brand, really started as a kid, but in my teens and getting access to the internet, i found a forum called Honda-Tech, were I would obsess endlessly over the US threads, mainly the California scene but the east coast stuff really got me going too. These then re-shared stuff from Japan, but the USA Stuff really really interested me as I have family there & was able to visit more often because of that.

I really got to see first hand how epic the Eibach Honda meets were, see the builds I was absolutely obsessed with in person & really get ideas of how I wanted to build my own one day.

its fairly safe to say those days are behind us, and for many years my Civic has sat dormant in a small unit in a tiny town in Essex, but I could never bring myself to sell it. I’ve had some fairly hefty offers too, but this was my first build & not just that, it is more than a car to me, its what 6TWO1 used to be, what it was. Fun.

I’ve kept it a little quiet but I have occasionally added new bits to the Civic in recent years too, the Nardi wheel from Purecarmodify.com being one, but overall it sits as it did back in 2016 and in my opinion, its now in its perfect form.

impending doom

Some of the stuff in the car is a nod to my past, I dont think I’ve ever really opened up about the parts side of the 6two1 brand, it was probably the most excited ive ever been but also the biggest risk I have ever taken in business, it was all going so so well until the EP3/DC5 Coilovers, which basically broke me, not just financially but emotionally too, damaged friendships & really sent me to a dark place. I ran before I could walk, I was too stubborn to bring in experts to help but mainly to not being able to afford it, I’d borrowed a set amount & I had no more limit to borrow. It all came crashing down & im sure theres a fat c*** somewhere in this world so happy to hear that he nearly drove me to actually ending my life over the constant slander & abuse.

Thankfully I have a strong support network around me that made sure I didn’t do anything stupid & I ended up getting help privately. I think this may also be a reason the Civic had to go away until I was ready to see it again, the happiest memories of my entire life were in this car, but also the darkest.

Unfortunately it was the dark days that had overtaken and I just hated it, I couldnt see it or it just put me back months in my attempt to find my feet again emotionally. When you were so involved in a community, and felt supported & encouraged, but then seeing them same people celebrate your downfall. Ill never forget that, ill never forget who did it too.

I also had found a new passion & a new way of being creative in Drifting, finally enjoying cars again & being able to just loose myself in the mayhem but so many strangers seemed to have such a vocal problem with me doing this? It was either cave to pressure to stay strictly driving hondas to sell some t shirts or, do what my heart was telling me.

Someone recently said something to me that has reverberated around my brain since they said it

“I am passionate about just being myself”

Wow, this hit me so hard. The reason 6two1 grew like it did wasnt because of the car but because of the personality attached, the blog, the bullshit i wrote out about cars & meets, It put me in front of so many incredible people, and thats why 6two1 was magic, it was a whirlwind and wow i loved it so so much.

But when i got into drifting, people didnt want me to be passionate about being myself anymore, only what they into, so i wound it in a bit and kept that back for myself, but once the Silvia appeared I felt rekindled with building a badass car that i used HARD & started to love every second, since I’ve now grown back to my old ways, found my feet in a new community & industry, to the point where I now work & present for the best drift championship in the entire world. I found myself again, I became passionate about being MYSELF again.

Don’t get me wrong, Drifting has some absolute terrible people involved too, but they are a tiny minority, the majority of everyone involved in this community world wide is absolutely brilliant. Always willing to help each other & we leave our real lives in terms of finances, jobs etc all at the entrance to the track, everyone is just there to have fun, enjoy and get home safe. If a car breaks, especially in Ireland, random strangers will just arrive with parts you might need. I’ve honestly never experienced anything like it.

I do have a pretty awesome announcement to make in a few months, plans are fully underway now & the only thing slowing it down is i spent money i shouldn’t have so everything is on hold until I can buy the parts. But im excited, im excited again to tell the people who follow whats happening. Man its going to be awesome.

So back to the Civic, whats next?

Well, not a whole lot in terms of build for now but I have some ideas which I havnt had for years, it still isn’t time for the next version of this car. But I have recently uploaded a video on the car, its coming with me this weekend to our first ever meet at Northamptons’ gasoline juice! So it will be back out on show, hopefully people want to come have a chat about it.

The old Honda Diaries days are done, the only person who I still speak to regular from them days is Pete, everyone else has gone separate ways, but it is what it is. The future holds new friendships, new builds & new experiences. Which is equally as exciting to look forward too as sad as leaving the past behind may be.

Check that video if you want updates & the issues with the car & a potential future for it. or this Saturday (22nd) come to gasoline juice and see it in person, i hope to have it out for people to check out more often now. Now im happy and at peace with the past.

While I try rebuild 6TWO1 into the next phase of its life, I will never forget the past. I also like to think the future has the past firmly involved in it too. The Civic will get its next life, The Silvia will also have a big part to play. Clothing is coming back & I have got 2 designs from the past, to rebuild the brand again. I am so excited. But more on that in the next post. I hope some of you will join the journey once again. Im thinking about doing a Burger open days at the shop where I cook you up the burgers!

Look at that, a Blog, a Red Civic & Me writing out my thoughts online, what is this? 2015?

Anyway, hope to see you all Saturday!

Adam