who is into "later" cars

I had years back a '73 Duster with a 318/3spd manual In between the buckets with the moon roof and fold down rear seat. Sure grip equipped as well.

I don't see the knee jerk reaction in the years that followed the newer regulations. While I think they could have gotten the engines to pass with the older larger cam's and bigger valves, boarder line passing is the problem I think. To early for F.I. To meet the task (and expensive I bet) and weak ignitions to fire it all off completely were missing.