See I told my dad the same thing when he was looking for quarters on his Comet, but he said that quarters for a Falcon/66-67 Comet are far more expensive than that of a '66 Mustang (Which is what he has now). I'm still trying to get him to fix the Comet though because it's very sentimental to him; its the car he learned how to drive a stick on when he was a kid.
Dude I totally get the busy/no money part, I can't afford a half decent running driving Fox, (They're usually around 10K in here in TN) and a non-running roller is almost 6k!! So when I found this car in the woods for 300 bucks I couldn't pass up on it.