I pulled the head and the oil pan on my 54 when I first got it. All it needed was a good cleaning. No ridge at all and it has what looked like a fresh head.

I did find bent, old pushrods that I replaced. A bit of cleaning and a bit of paint and voila. A great running engine.

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54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261