What cars did you pass on buying in the 60s/70s because they cost too much

In about 1974 during the gas crisis, one of my pals & I were at a little corner car lot. There was a white 70 hemi cuda convertible with a black interior there for $2200. Everybody was dumping muscle cars. We looked at it and both wanted to buy it. However, neither one of us had the $2200, and what we do with a car that got 6 mpg if we couldn’t get gas. So we passed. You can find the car on the internet. I think it sold for a few million awhile back.