The trip between the two closest towns to each other in Texas and Georgia is about 600 miles. And basically entirely eastbound, with a fairly short jaunt on a northeast vector. Give it up dude. You just wanted to make a disparaging remark about Texas.
Also, I wouldn't say Georgia is any better than Texas in any regard. My mom's from there and the only differences I've seen are fewer Mexicans, more black people, and more difficult to comprehend accents. That, and coke means Coca Cola there.
Anyway, I'm having a hard time deciding what to do with this Niner. I can't afford to have the machine work done to the block and head to put them back together properly, and I don't have a good place to pull the engine anyway. I'd like to put its front axle into the Orvis, but same problem. I've been holding off on doing the Orvis's brakes until I got the axle swapped, but I don't know if that's happening at this rate. Any ideas?