I took the car out on a 1000-mile trip in 3 days, including two of those being at a work site on Augusta, GA. Leaving from the Florida panhandle, I traveled northeast of Atlanta to meet family for supper, and then drove US78 towards Augusta. US78 is a very nice touring road, with good pavement, sweeping curves and great scenery. After completing work at Augusta, I headed through rural central Georgia to Hazelhurst, where a complete late model Ford 9.75" rear end was loaded into the hatch (for our Ford Expedition - failed bearing). After repacking, I headed home, with many runs to the mid-100's, and an absolutely enjoyable run back home. No major issues, and despite the "foot down" mode of my driving, I still managed to get 19-20mpg. Sure, I could get much more than that, but this at least illustrates the level of fun I was getting away with!

Tomorrow I have to wrap up installing this 9.75" rear end (whole other debacle of a story). Then I will resume work on the HAG210/Wavetrac install. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I have finished fabricating the case spreader tool for that, and have tested it a bit by spreading the case, and seeing where it returned to. Repeatability seems to be a bit of a challenge, but I am learning the tricks. Goal will be to be satisfied with the Wavetrac install by tomorrow afternoon, and then I will begin bushing replacement in the rear subframe on Sunday. I hope to begin dropping the stock, unmodified rear subframe out of the car by midweek, and get it all back together over next weekend. It is one of the last major projects that I want to do ahead of Tail of the Dragon. I have a right knee total replacement in early September, and won't be able to do a whole lot of this kind of heavy lifting for a while after that!