Beach Boys-(my 409)

[sprucetree49]

The 409 was cubic inches and I think it rated 425 hp. the main thing is that it had a superior bore to stroke ratio, compared to its Ford and Plymouth rivals, til Plymouth brought out the Hemi.

[sprucetree49]

I remember the 409.I tried to talk my father into getting one! Fat chance!! But I had forgetten what a great song ths is. A really lean, loose, sinewy sound with lots of propulsion - like a 409.

[TheGregrlyons]

That and rear wheel drive was the norm! WTF you gonna do with a front wheel drive anything!?

[sullivan884]

I LISTEN TO THIS SONG WHEN I'M CLEANING! 

[rhpicayune]

@sullivan884 that's "Fantastic" !! (Get it?) : )

[drprogensteinphp]

I still remember singing this song in the classroom with my buddies back in the day, much to the teachers dismay :)

[amalfi348]

Still won't drive a four door car, or an "SUV." Still drive a stick-shift too, hard to find, but we're just as rare - us oldies from the sixties, and in our sixties.

[KattMercy]

Dad's favorite. No car like American Muscles. Dad says driving a 409 and feeling his power on the highway is like soaring with the eagles. I love cars too and those 60's to 70´s are my favorites :-)

[thoughtfinder]

the first car to have the 409 V-8 (and some correct me if I'm wrong) was the 1963 Impala SS.

[sagebrushed]

i miss my 62 390 t-bird with dual exhaust.....i don't miss idiots in the parking lot asking me if it's my husbands...he had a 62 t-bird 325, LAME for a car of that weight......

[MADNIKstudios]

Ahhhhh...Cruisin in a muscle car,and an ice cold Coca-Cola.Best time ever

[carolinablooz]

wow - Butch Leal the California Flash! How about Dyno Don Nicholson, Ronnie Sox, and Roger & The Ramchargers-the Tasca Ford crew, and on L.I. - Lefty's 396 Chevelle ! Detroit iron ruled the world in the 60s.

[PlaneAndTVtechfan]

Some of today's cars are so wussy compared to THE BIG BLOCK engined MUSCLE CARS!

[BEACHBUMMER101]

FORD,CHEVY,MOPAR,AMERICAN MUSCLE MAN !!! For those of us lucky enough to be there watching Fords with Butch Leal,Chevys wit Grumpy Jenkins,and Dick Landy in that screamin Mopar,,man it was the best of times for a car guy.

Over the years i`ve owened over 75 cars of all the big three,,some were good,some were bad,,,but all the American iron has beenfast as hell !!!!

[redr1150r]

I raced a couple with a Norton Commando, & a tricked out BSA punched out to 725cc. All the guy could see of my BSA was a bubble of blue fire in ea. pipe. No lights at 0200 in the a.m.. I was using 115-145 Av-Gas courtesy of the USN, where I worked on T-28s & S-2s. The truth is I often did'nt beat them except for the first 1/8 -1/4 mile, then it was neck & neck to the end.

[kirkwesthaver]

alright thanks.

[doubleslottedflaps]

409 was like a bowl of rice crispies !!! snap crackle pop with a 3 main cap bottom end !!!

[garfieldalfred]

@doubleslottedflaps you don't know much about a 409 ...

[doubleslottedflaps]

i raced a few with my tricked out 66 mustang back in 1973 and beat them. i friend had a 58 with the 348 and another had a biscyne with a 409 and they along with the other chevy guys i knew back then called them rice crispy engines due to the week bottom end. i had a 68 428cj mustang that would wind to 7500 all day long and stay together. for me who built a 392w stroker with oliver stlt 6.2" rods ,bryant racing 3.9"crank ,,je pistons w/1.35" ch, i guess i dont know anything !!!

[doubleslottedflaps]

the 3 main cap bottom end was a joke for the chebee guys from me !

[doubleslottedflaps]

should' ve ben singgin bout 65-67 musatng !!! giddee up giddee up 289 !!!! 4 speed dual quad posi traction 289 ! yes ford made a dual 4 intake for the 289 ! i had 1 !!

[untouchable64]

409 king of the road thats all i need to write

[doubleslottedflaps]

and the chevy vs ford bench racing continues !!! tach it up !!!

[spacepatrolman]

In 300 years nobody will know what a 409 is but if they change the lyrics to relate to meditation...well i saved my pennies and i saved my dimes for Al knew there would be a time when i would buy a brand new maharishi of mine .

[doubleslottedflaps]

great comment ! LOL !!!!

[David44763]

@spacepatrolman LOL mate- you hit the nail on the head; Giddy up

[CmGHaures]

@spacepatrolman anyone who knows about cars knows what a 409 is there, bud haha

[spacepatrolman]

@CmGHaures frank zappa gave a commencement address at a music school he said 409 is the only song where the chord progression goes backwards and forwards at the same time

[CmGHaures]

@spacepatrolman i...obviously did not know that haha, kinda feel like a dick now :P

but thats pretty cool!

[spacepatrolman]

@CmGHaures frank zappa was a put on and a wiseguy a lot of the time

[MrKrazykev13]

@spacepatrolman 409 hsp

[spacepatrolman]

@MrKrazykev13 no its 409 cubic inch dispacement the size of the holes and the pistons in them the horsepower could be more than that a 409 is a big engine bigger than a 327 a 426 bigger still then there was a 427 the stone woods and cook willys had a 426 they stroked it too 460 bigger than anything then

[MrKrazykev13]

@spacepatrolman sorry :(

[kirkwesthaver]

where were they palying in the pic?

[cmf1965]

Looks like the "Hollywood Bowl"

[snpdo]

my mother fuckin 409, pardon my french

[louisaqva]

:D your motherfucking right asshole, pardon my french

[RolloffDeBunk]

maximum horses in a big block - those were the good old days

[dnedwrds]

What's with the Marines in the background? Awesome!

[shecklace]

gidddy up giidddy up my 409!

[ofashion0sarah0chill]

nice song, bit cheesy but good song.

[MzzKimba2002]

Wasn't cheesy back in the 60's!!!

[P11GT]

yeah.. the 409!!!

[aztec4ever]

this song is the shit

[LUPUMORALIST]

YEAAA, EVEN IF I DRIVE A I30, IT IS LOVeLY TO BLAST MUSIC LIKE THIS FROM MY SPEAKERS

[x8fear8x]

great song