I was a little kid in that decade. I vaguely remember some cool muscle cars that came out in that decade and there was a lot of good music.
Then again I also remember great big wide collars, shag carpet and disco....which were not the height of good taste.....
Bought a slightly used ‘72 Mach One in my senior HS year in in spring ‘73
My brother jumped at any chance to do a beer run for us