You can only afford a 50 year old Dodge that isnt maintenance free...

Got 120,000m out of the 72 Dart Custom that only cost me 1100.
Did brake lines, trans, kept up with normal maintenance. Never failed me.
It was bought by another member here and it's still a happy little car, but needs new metal sprayed at it. The original valve cover gasket is still in place.
Changed water pump and fuel pump, but you'd expect that once it twice in 40 years.
That car put my kids through private school.