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

In the late 80’s while working at a gas station in high school, a customer, who was two years older than me had a 69 Camaro RS/SS convertible L78 396/375, 4 speed, 4.10 12 bolt. Hugger orange with white stripes, white convertible top and orange houndstooth interior. His part time job after school was a Domino’s pizza delivery driver. Without mentioning anything to me about getting rid of it, he comes in one day and had traded that car straight up for a 94 Mustang GT convertible and was thrilled with the gas mileage improvement.

Around 1989-1990, the local Ford dealer had a 1969 burgundy Boss 429 Mustang on the showroom floor for sale. They wanted $28,000 for it, which could have bought you two new 5.0 Mustangs at the time.

In the mid 1990’s, there was a 72 Bronco half cab on a farm that you could see from a distance. One day we decide to see if the folks are home and inquire about the Bronco. We get up there and there were two older guys on the porch drinking beer. The entire bed of the half cab was full of empty beer cans. The truck had the engine pulled but was in a nearby shed. One guy said it was his sons and it was for sale, $1500. It looked like a $500 truck at the time so we passed. Those things go for huge money now and the 72 half cab is unique as it was the last year of the factory half cab and first year of the Dana 44 front axle.