How much would that car be worth today.?

Me too! But, for a different reason. Times were better than they are now.

exactly, times were better. But, I'd invest in a few different things too.

I saw a fully restored go on auction at about 180000.

Land was hundreds of dollars an acre here 30 years ago, 7,000 per acre now

So true

Think about the collection of Winchesters a guy could have bought out of an old Sears catalog if you had 1k in the early 1900s.

Minimum wage was $4.25 an hour in 1993.

I have a friend who has a Plymouth Superbird with the wedge.
He also has a Dodge Daytona with the wedge.

He also has a Plymouth Superbird convertable clone with the hemi. Plymouth never made the Superbird in a convertible. He made it out of a Roadrunner convertable with genuine Superbird nose and wing. He got all these cars and parts before the prices went crazy.

The original cars get trailered to shows. The convertable clone he drives.

I guarantee you'd only want that time machine for a limited time.
Back in the day work was actually work.
A modern convenience was an electric pop up toaster.
Trucks were loaded by 2 wheel carts or by hand.
In the summer of 1964, just out of high school, I was working at a grocer warehouse making $2.921/2 per hour. Union wages,
just

just making things real

And we were younger and virile ,with fire in our eyes. . .

( I'll take my chances )

Good timing
Just found receipt for first " cool" car I ever bought.
1967 RS Camaro.

Every time my father-in-law sees or hears about a Superbird, he just about cries. He bought a brand new one and less than a year later,traded it in on a station wagon.

I bet your wife had something to do with that trade.

$60 for "48 Hudson and $200 for my second jitney a '49 olds 88, in '57. both in running condition.....jk

Truth