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Patrick - In addition to changing your oil, you did subject your car to one other change, the long hard drive.
I would clean the leaking areas and see if the oil is leaking out while the car sits. If not, or if you have any doubt, you should check the breathing systen to see if it is in order and in good working condition. If it is building pressure, it could be forcing oil out because the Mobil 1 is splashing to more places than your old oil.
Also, it is possible that the engine breathing system is not properly hooked up, causing a problem. I recently bought a B 16 and was surprised to see that it had a nice PCV valve and hoses on the side of the engine. I suspect that the PO had added it to lessen oil burning/leaking problems that this old engine might have had. Even though PCV systems were added to cars because of pollution, they did have benefits, such as less smoke. Some people remove or defeat such systems without considering their possible benefits, or even there overall functions. I learned this lesson when I put a new motor in a Suburban. I was surprised to find that the mechanic had left the old pollution "spiders" on the engine, even though each side had 3 out of 4 blocked by the PO. The mechanic told me that he had removed them once ot twice, but the engines did not run as well as when they were minimally present.
Your oil pan looks pretty clean. Are there any deposits of dark gritty oil higher up on the engine, or other areas nearby? Perhaps the PO had the same problem and was wiping the oil off on a regular basis. Or the engine had that problem when it was swapped in.
In any event, at least a front seal and oil pan gasket can go together in the same repair. Do a search for oil pan gasket leak, as someone has recently posted his woes about NEW oil pan gaskets leaking. I don't know if it was PV, 1800, or just RWD, but it was during the last couple of weeks. If you change the gasket, you might want to see his findings.
Here's the post that I mentioned - http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=1131172 - I remembered that I had sent him a message, so it was easy to find.
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'96 855R,'64 PV544 driver, '67 P1800 basket case, '95 855, '95 854, the first three are mine, heh, heh, 415,000 miles put on 9 bricks
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