Best muscle era design year?

In 1980 I had a green/green 69 GTX 727 console, 3.54 Dana...wish I never traded it away. Love the video, thanks for the memory.
Mine a 4-speed. Not even close to numbers matching. But has period correct 440 and same Dana as yours. Bought for low $20k 3 years ago. Probably worth mid $30s today. Because of non numbers? Will never be the $60k+ range. But it was exactly what I was looking for. Without paying that "Purist" dollar stuff. Nice candidate for a performance upgrade if one so chooses.

But numbers matching vs money saving non numbers matching is a whole other subject matter.