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.

Wow. 1975 a Hot Rod car dealer in Fairfax Va listed a 70 Hemi Cuda for $1800. I flew down there (driving. lol) From suburban Md. to find a really clean car that was White w/black int. Was a auto and had a 8 3/4 rear. Oddity was a standard Cuda hood w/ the Hemicuda emblem and a Hemi quarter stripe. I popped the hood and a wedge BB was staring me in the face so totally discusted, i walked away. Sadly at that time i knew nothing about vin codes & matching numbers. Could have been a 440 car with fake emblems or a real Hemi car w/ a replacement RB engine. Sadly i'll never know