I too had always wanted an H (would have preferred a super H but they are too pricey). I pick up an decent 1951 H for less than scrap price in October 2011 and do enjoy driving it. Runs like a swiss watch and all I plan to do it is a cheapo paint job.
My best advice is learn the suffix's that follow the serial number.
X1 indicates gasoline only and has the most hp.
X? (I forget the code) indicates distallate fuel and has lower compression than the gas model so slightly less hp.
X? (I forget the code) is Kerosene and has lower compression than even the distallate model so it is the lowest hp of all the H's.
Likely if any of them have been overhauled then they were updated with Super H pistons so could be irrellavant if that is the case. Otherwise, I prefer the later ones the best although as others have already pointed out the differences are really very slight.
Also there are other suffix codes that indicate a super slow first gear. and also a different code indicates a faster 4th gear (but I forget those codes too so you will have to search the archives)
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 10:31:36 01/15/12 2 times.
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