Hmmmm- - - - -that article was written in 1955- - - -by a guy who was in the business of selling his own brand of CAMSHAFTS! No conflict of interest there, right? I'm always a little suspicious of anyone who's going to solve my problems by peddling something to me, engine parts, service manuals, "How-to-do-it" books, "Get-rich-quick" schemes, etc.!
Read the whole article, instead of cherry-picking quotes, and you'll see that even the guy with a vested interest in selling his cam admitted that the more radical modifications weren't suitable for street-driven engines. The more significant horsepower gains were the result of radical mods- - -bigger bore, multiple carbs, cylinder head milling, porting and polishing, and RPM ranges up to 4,000 where the average stovebolt pickup never runs. If you do all those things to an engine in your restored pickup, all you'll have is a poorly-performing piece of very expensive iron at the engine speeds it's likely to run on the street. Now, if you're drag racing or running the engine on a round track, go for it!
Jerry
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