I finally found an old shorthood, actually within my price range!!! Going to get it tomorrow. Has not run in years, missing the side panels but otherwise complete. I have not found to much information specific to the 1951 model on my yahoo/google search. Not really sure what I'll get into but can't beat the price. If anyone out here in the vast internet world has some basic info on a 51' let me know if you could. I'm gonna check out Bill's site and see or maybe even email them.
Thanks,
Shawn