Sounds like you have the heart. Do you have any tractor-minded, or at least mechanically minded, friends or family that can help you out with this?
The H and the lil' Fords are good machines, as is a John Deere B. Both can be had really cheap and have great support for parts. they're small, so easily stored and most componants can be worked on by a person working alone. They made hundreds of thousands of each and lots of parts are easily sourced aftermarket. Some models mentioned earlier can be problematic for finding parts. That's why I ask if you know anyone that could guide you.
If you've never worked on one, you should probably stick with runners. A non-runner potentially has many unseen problems. Heck, a runner can be a huge money pit. Get the owners manual, service manual, and parts manual and read them. Don't spend a lot of money on stuff until you're sure it's the one you want, and don't plan on making money if you decide to sell it. These old tractors tend to become money pits fast, especially if you decide that a cosmetic restoration is something you want to tackle. Lots and lots of guys have $5,000, 10,000, 20,000 in a tractor that would sell for $2500 if they tried to sell them.
Come back here and ask a hundred questions, post pictures, you'll get all the support you can handle....and some you can't.
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