Finding parts for a 30- or 40-year-old Honda can turn into a serious scavenger hunt (ask me how I know). Plastic trim disappears, interior pieces get damaged, and entire generations of once-common Civics have slowly vanished from American roads.
There is one field in Kansas, however, where the supply of old Hondas looks almost endless. Rows upon rows of CRXs, Civics, Integras, Del Sols, and other models sit among the grass and vegetation like an enthusiast’s personal salvage-yard fantasy.
Owner Jeremiah Freeman recently posted an updated inventory of his “CRX Farm” on Facebook, revealing that the collection has now reached approximately 275 Hondas. Despite the name, CRXs only represent one portion of what is hiding there.
The collection spans several generations and includes everything from sporty two-seaters to forgotten family cars and early Honda SUVs. Most aren’t waiting for someone to restore them, either, because their real purpose is keeping other aging Hondas alive.
There Are 87 CRXs Alone
Freeman’s August 28 inventory lists 67 second-generation CRXs and another 20 first-generation examples. Add 29 Del Sols, and there is no shortage of small two-seat Hondas scattered around the property.
The Civic selection is even bigger, as Freeman counts 110 EF-generation cars in total, including 26 hatchbacks, nine sedans, and eight wagons, with one of the wagons listed as an RT4WD model.
There are also 14 EG hatchbacks, 13 EG coupes, four EG sedans, plus various EK-generation Civics. An EM1, three EM2s, and five EP3s are listed as well.
The collection doesn’t stop there, because Freeman also has multiple generations of Integras, a handful of Preludes, 11 Accords, four Elements, 16 CR-Vs, three first-generation Odysseys, and a Pilot.
Most Of These Hondas Aren’t For Sale Whole
The overgrown appearance makes the name CRX Farm particularly appropriate, although Freeman is upfront about the condition of the property. Many of the vehicles clearly aren’t complete, road-ready cars waiting for new owners.
Instead, Freeman describes the operation as a professional part-out business and says he rarely sells complete vehicles, generally limiting whole-car sales to local buyers. He also offers international shipping, making the Kansas collection useful to Honda enthusiasts far beyond the Midwest.
According to The Drive, Freeman won’t dismantle a car if it runs and has a clean title. For everything else, the enormous inventory provides increasingly difficult-to-find components for cars that have been disappearing from salvage yards for years.
It Started With One Fuel-Efficient CRX
Perhaps the most surprising part of CRX Farm is that it didn’t begin as an intentional Honda collection. Freeman told The Drive that he needed an economical commuter after taking a job that required roughly 500 miles of driving each week.
He discovered the CRX HF and its reputation for exceptional fuel economy, eventually buying one and putting it to work. Repairs later led him to purchase a second CRX as a parts car.
After struggling to sell the cars whole, Freeman began selling individual components locally through Craigslist. He soon realized the parts had generated more money than he originally paid for the donor car.
That small experiment eventually grew into the field of approximately 275 Hondas sitting in Rossville, Kansas, today. Freeman still works as a registered nurse and insists he isn’t particularly mechanically inclined, but his unusual side business has become a valuable resource for enthusiasts trying to keep golden-era Hondas on the road.
For anyone desperately searching for one obscure EF Civic or CRX component, there is a decent chance it might be sitting somewhere in that Kansas grass.