If you remember you asked me just in conversation about back in the day engines, you asked did I have any experience with the 409 and if so were they pretty strong or something like that. I replied that only ran a 348 but what I did know is they could get a heavy car rolling pretty good. Then I began to research the engine and the next thing you know I get the fever and the rest is history.
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Yes they were tough and heavy, could say overbuilt. Not sure that dads had ever been on the overload rear springs until I went to get a scoop of rock screening, I told them to dump it near the back and he looked at me like ok this is gonna be fun the load was near 3500 pounds at the scale. Scale man said we are not responsible if you don’t make it home with that load, I said ok. When I got to hwy 36 and began to pick up speed I realized that the front end felt too light so I pulled off and scooped a bunch to the front of the bed. Only had to go maybe 7 miles made it and scooped it off went back for another load. They looked surprised to see me, I said that I didn’t need as big a load this time. No way that I would ever try that again. I did have a good set of rear tires on it!
Be careful of this guy. He's a closet Mopar dude and wears red high heels when riding his Harley......
They're called Pumps Dave. I suppose high heels works as a description to get Iowa sheep at your correct level
