How far have you driven just to pick up an engine.

I drove 280 miles (4.5 hours) to pick up a disassembled standard bore 340. Three months later I drove 10 miles to get a complete running 340 and its numbers matching transmission. I bought a set of complete 1971 340 big valve J heads in Chicago and drove them home with my son-in-law who flew me out to help drive his car and equipment back to SoCal after completing an out of state job assignment.