I was 19 in 1979. I worked at a Plymouth dealer part time doing new car prep. On the back of the lot was “ gas guzzler row “. I pickup up a 69 GTX for 1100 and a 71 Charger R/T for 750. I remember seeing a wing car locally selling for 7500. Might as well been a million to me. That was huge money. So they were just as unattainable then for me.