To klhanen, nice but it wasn't a soda bottle. it was a bottle of "Smart Water", see the pic. Before anyone get's excited, my wife has assured me it has no positive effects, a placebo I guess : )
I looked into the cam material and lifter compatability. From what Jerry said and what I found is that my old cam should be a cast cam and so later lifters OR my re-surfaced lifters should be fine.
Will be away from home for a couple of weeks so the project will sit for a couple of weeks. Thanks again!
1954 3600 Stakebed non-original engine out of a '55 passenger car with powerglide