I REALLY Hated The Hummer H1: Until I Drove One... WOW!

The hummer H1 is an absurd 4x4 off-roader, in this video we review it!

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[CliffAntone]

I daily my 1998 H1 and have owned it since 2006. I live in a popular beach town where people boat launch from the beach it is always nice to rescue folks who get stuck it also works great for around the property pulling trees out etc.

A few things from the video is that the slantback top on this truck is aftermarket, although they did make factory slantbacks but only available in 2000 models and only 40 were built before AM General was served a lawsuit by the aftermarket slantback manufacturer Cal Gold which makes them highly sought after. As you stated the Cal Gold top can be removed in 3 separate pieces however it was a pain due to amount of fasteners, weight of the tops, and leaking issues which required a bead of silicon between each section.. So it definitely was not something people would do.. I ended up selling my Cal Gold due to this and a few other issues.. The factory top was even more of a permanent top.

The middle jump seat was a factory option/purchase which I purchased mine from the dealership, also the exhaust on this truck is not factory, the muffler is located between the framerails on the stock configuration and not within the wheel well but the exhaust pipe does route up in the wheel well on the stock configuration for deep water fording as you stated.

The winch was a factory option with the Warn M12000 winch but it is hard to say if that is what was on this truck. As for the lockers the BTM(Brake Throttle Modulation) was available up until 1998 then due to regulations in 1999 they had to install ABS which made the BTM impossible so they installed TT4(Torque Trac 4) and also offered an option e-locker as well.

[theschof]

It's still just absolutely mind blowing that yes, if you lived in Canada or the US in the time period that these were sold new, you could experience driving what was essentially a military vehicle down your suburban street. What a time to be alive.

[levihaefs]

I drive my 97 HMCS daily. Love everything about her. No other vehicle can compare for it's capabilities from the factory.

[hunterharrell]

2 things, I'm surprised no one mentioned the incredibly tight 26.5ft turning radius, and there was also a VERY rare civilian single cab H1 that looked awesome!

[VetBodGaming]

As someone who spent a lot of time behind the wheel of a HMMWV in Afghanistan they're absolute monsters off road. Between real world and off road training I've done some insane things in one those. That short and wide wheel base makes a HMMWV an absolute monster.

[allenbryant]

The guy running the electrical contracting company that I worked for in 1997 had a white 4 door truck variant. He only drove it for a short time because he didn’t like it and one of the line crews ended up driving it. I got to drive it several times on and off road. I loved it. It was awesome.

[kurtwilliams]

That truck is a HMCO, soft top with the Cal Gold / Gypsy Rack Slant back kit. The Factory slant backs were limited to one model year and less than a dozen trucks. They have a rounded-out back, windshield wipers and marker lights on the rear door and interior plastic trim to fill out in the inside. Cal Gold sued AM General to get an injunction against making Slantback factory trucks which is why there is so few of them. There was enough OEM parts left over where some owners tracked down factory parts and got the conversion done. There's a few of those. I personally know of a 1992 LE and a 2006 Alpha that had that work done.

[SCHMALLZZZ]

In order to truly hate something you have to understand it. I don't think you actually hated this truck. You just disliked it and misunderstood it.

[golfbravowhiskey]

Five or six years ago I purchased an old military surplus 1994 model it just has a truck cab with a bed on it.
I bought it strictly to haul round bales of hay in the river bottom.
It has the old lame dog 6.2 before the turbo came out. Those old slugs have to be plugged in all of the time to crank because of those sorry glow plugs but i’ll tell you one thing it will absolutely go anywhere because it is basically a law of physics, if you don’t have the power to spin the wheels you cannot get stuck. 🤣.
In the five or six years I have owned it I’ve put about 3000 miles on it in some of the nastiest mud and water you can imagine and I have never spent a dime on it because really there is nothing to break on that old military model.

[NKPGarage]

I looked up the size of the H1 and surprisingly it is not very long or wide. It is shorter in length than even modern sedans and about as wide as most modern full size trucks.

[jlsgarage]

I have a little piece of the hummer/humvee in my 92k1500 being it's a 6.2 diesel. Love it even if it's slow as hell

[ShippyJack]

Need to take one of these to tumbleweed, see how it does vs modern off roaders!

[patknights]

I drove the military ones and they feel like you're re-entering Earth's atmosphere in a trashcan when you're on the highway

[jessaphillips]

These things are actually awesome with a modern 6.6 LBZ or newer Duramax and a newer 5/6 speed transmission. Still gets 10 mpg though, no amount of torque can help that

[colinhoward]

from having had 2 of them on my floor, both owned by the same guy and funnily enough both bought from the first owner by himself, the first owner being a well known celebrity who had bought over these cars for his game farm, both cars were 4 seat in the cab pick up trucks, one having had the back converted into a fully enclosed game viewer . one was petrol and one was a diesel, 6.5 non turbo . I drove them both and they were fun to drive, a bit like the defender in cabin proportions with a huge transmission tunnel in the middle for fun, the diesel was the happier engine even if it was as slow as a snail . I can tell you, once you learn the tricks, she is pretty good offroad, do you know why they were so wide ? they were designed to drive in tank tracks !

[MultiPurposeReviewer]

I could never own an H1, but I absolutely love all the hurky switches, dials, toggles and levers. Having that much immersion and level of physical manipulation inside the vehicle is something I always love having.

[dalejones]

Great idea getting these obscure unique vehicles from dealers to review. That thing is huge. Thanks guys

[chrisriverol]

I love my HMMWV. Daily driver for 3 yrs now

[fredbarton]

In the actual military one at 6’2 my knees touched the dash and the seat didn’t go forward and backward Or lean, one setting

[timaging]

sorry I'm commenting as I'm watching. The 4WD thing you are talking about with the braking and throttling is called BTM (Brake Throttle Modulation). The first time I used mine was on ice going over a bridge and it literally saved my ass. The trick is revving it with the brakes fully on to about 1700 rpm, then letting off slowly. It's honestly one of the most amazing things ever, and also one of the reasons I keep my truck in case of some emergency and you really need to be able to get out of a bad situation.

I'm 6'2" and 255 on a good day, and I totally disagree with the room. I am now also driving a jeep and I feel like im in a clown car. There's tons of room to drive.

also I suggest you don't call CTIS "SEETIS" to anyone. Keep that to yourself.

map lights are not anything ever offered. Defrost button was not offered. You can see defrost right on the HVAC controls. These are custom mods as well as that red dash thing whatever that is.

again I'm 6.2 and there is no lack of leg or shoulder room. There must be a mod or something. I can move my seat back very comfortably and I have way more room in the jeep.

middle seat is an accessory. Yes you are right that the back seat is tight for a tall guy but not a problem in width.

no clue on that hummer headliner. it is not a factory thing. Someobody did some bad mods to this truck

passenger seat? yeah sucks. they have some knee mod you can do but still this truck was made for the driver.

there is no temp compass in that year H1 that I know of, and you are driving a modded up H1 with a third party slant back so yeah, no view.

and that exhaust? nowhere near correct. The muffler is underneath. I have no idea why they would place it up there. It's literally never been that way.

and again, third party slant back. They did run a limited series slant back but this is not it which it why it appears to be removeable