# Underwater Mustang Suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** mustang, ford\ **Created:** [October 13, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312 "2010-10-13T04:46:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheRustyProfessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheRustyProfessor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheRustyProfessor)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/1 "2010-10-13T04:46:51Z")
I just heard #1040 about the underwater mustang that the diver is thinking of bringing up to restore. Here is an idea: Build a tank that is big enough to old the entire car, then bring the car up anq quickly submerge it. Tadaa! - you have plenty of time to take thinks apart before they rust. Keep a bathtub full of wd-40 beside this tank and dip everything as soon as you take them off. ---
**Author:** ![StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/strongdreamswaithere/32/2014_2.png) [@StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StrongDreamsWaitHere)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/2 "2010-10-13T04:53:12Z")
Real marine conservationists do something similar. It seems an unlikely job for one person working on his own in his spare time. ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/3 "2010-10-13T10:24:01Z")
I’m sure everything that can rust has already rusted to the point of making it near impossible to take anything apart with less than a torch. And the engine might make an interesting sculpture, but will likely never be useful as an engine again… ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/4 "2010-10-13T14:58:19Z")
The thing is, it’s. . .a Mustang. It’s not exactly rare. And if I recall, it was from a generation that wasn’t even particularly desirable. If this were a 1-of-a-kind Duesenberg or something I could see putting forth the effort to recovering it. But as is, it’s better to haul it out to avoid possible environmental damage, and then dump it straight into a scrapyard. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/5 "2010-10-13T18:02:52Z")
It’s an exercise in futility. Even leaving rust issues out of the equation you’re looking at hundreds of things that water/mud has already ruined. Engine, trans, differential, wheel bearings, suspension components, all interior trim, countless electrical items, etc. Price steel plate and the welding required to build this tank and compare that to what the car would be worth even if someone were foolish enough to try and restore the car. Ouch, and then some. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/6 "2010-10-13T18:37:06Z")
Out of the perhaps hundreds of thousands of total parts in the car, I cannot think of a single thing on the vehicle that would not need replacing. It’d be cheaper to just get one that has not been underwater and salvage your dignity and your bank account rather than salvaging the Mustang. ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/7 "2010-10-14T00:17:40Z")
–I’ll bet the window glass would be OK. ---
**Author:** ![Chuck\_Deazy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@Chuck\_Deazy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Chuck_Deazy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/8 "2010-10-14T05:00:24Z")
cars have made great under water habitat for years and it will leak less oil in the water than driving it. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/9 "2010-10-14T19:49:31Z")
I agree. Thanks for the chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/10 "2010-10-14T19:53:20Z")
And when the coolant hoses rot away and antifreeze leaks out and causes a fish kill, you’ll have problems. Cars are great underwater habitats if you remove the toxic liquids from them first. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/11 "2010-10-14T20:20:45Z")
Just curious - anyone know what year our ‘treasure’ is? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/underwater-mustang-suggestions/56312/12 "2010-10-14T23:57:28Z")
I thought the pony in question was a 2004 but I’m not 100% certain. An '04 would be the last year of that particular generation and there’s only about a jillion dry ones out there. Short of a very rare version like a Saleen, etc. it’s pretty generic and not worth a fortune; especially the V-6 models.