Is this normal, or am I really that sick?

I need a tie breaker from my MoBros and MoSis' here. Last week I was at a meeting of my local Mopar club. While discussing the virtues of the stock slant six engine while simultaneously consuming a slice of pizza, another club guy challenged my assertion that driving an underpowered, underperforming car could be a lot of fun. His Mopar ride was a 440 GTX with a nitrous bottle, which gave him no end of driving entertainment. I on the other hand said that I just love driving my bone stock 1974 slant six Duster. Here's my take: My previous ride was a 440 powered '69 Charger R/T that had no problem pulling stumps out of the ground. But I also love driving the opposite end of the spectrum in a reliably underpowered car. Underpowered as in pulling 79 actual rear wheel horsepower on the chassis dyno. The Duster is an exercise in energy management - as in getting up to and staying at 70 on the interstate. I actually like that, and I don't know why. I just like it. We've all driven underpowered things - mini-bikes, tricycles, pony carts, etc. I maintain that a well rounded driver can enjoy everything in the full driving spectrum if you simply respect it for what it is. He thought this was complete BS, of course. So who is right here? I welcome all opinions here, and if you think I'm a complete nut job that's okay by me. Any tie breakers out there? Or worse, are there any other guys out there who actually enjoy driving underpowered cars and their energy management challenges? (PS: Attached are before and after photos of my Duster engine during its rebuild).

I wrenched for a rental car company when in my teens back in the 70's. I got to drive almost all brands and engines. I got to drive any one I wanted as a perk. Typically I drove Dusters the most, either a /6 or my favorite a 318 sunroof red Duster. My personal car was a 64 Barracuda 273, 4 speed hot rod. I loved the /6 Dusters and yours takes me back to those days. I would not have a 500 hp drag car. I want it all and be able to go anywhere, anytime, get decent mpg, have good power, and I want it to handle. The 64 Barracuda even got a HP 170 /6 when I pulled the 273 when they dropped the octane of premium fuel. I did not want to hurt the HP 273.