I guess it’s time to make some more space…

I gotta give it up to the handful of people that knew for being able to keep a secret. There were people at the shop recently that didn’t even know this was just sitting in the back next to Ryan Der’s EK. The truth is, the EK9 left Japan back in May when I was still in Osaka. I’m a big believer that “luck is when preparation meets opportunity” and it just so happened that a spot inside a friend’s 40-ft container opened-up. It would end up leaving earlier than I had planned, but something told me it was the right time. The plan was always to get the car over here, it was just a matter of when…

For what it’s worth, I can confidently say that this Civic served its purpose in Japan. In the short time the car was there, it managed to leave a lasting impression. We were able to make a huge debut at Wekfest Japan, displayed it at Osaka Auto Messe with some of the best in Kansai, and ripped it on the Hanshin Expressway many a late night with No Good Racing. Not bad for a calendar year, especially since this CTR wasn’t even supposed to exist. It was yet another “luck happens when” situation. If the original white EK9 hadn’t met a wall, this would still be a bare shell stuffed in the corner of a parking stall in Osaka…

Now it’s finally “home” in California where it can begin a new journey. In the month or so since it’s been here, I thought a lot about whether or not to present the car as it was originally in Japan. That or start tearing into it to add stuff I’d been collecting. I’m still undecided. A big part of me thinks that maybe if I mess with it, it won’t seem so surreal…

Like, it’s just here now…

A couple months ago this was parked in front of Stussy Osaka while we were eating ice cream stuffed in a hotdog bun…

All of a sudden, my two worlds have seemingly collided together. The two timelines merged…