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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Evidently that happened in Russia. The guy in overalls was indeed killed.

When natural gas was super cheap, and gasoline prices were really climbing I looked into a conversion to go to a dual fuel CNG or Gasoline conversion for my El Camino. The real costs are for getting a safe, certified tank, and all the fittings to make it safe. In the end the cost would only be justified if I drove 20,000+ miles per year, and I have never driven that much.

My neighbor that lived across the street had pickup that was a commercial conversion. CNG was 40 cents per gallon, and gasoline was up to over $2.50 a gallon. The MPG was pretty much the same, so he used CNG in town. For road trips, he just used up the CNG in the tank, switched to gasoline, and kept on driving.

Many, many years ago, I had a boss that had a Ford Truck with the 300ci i-6 that was LPG, I believe. I road in it once, and it was surprisingly torquey. I have to admit, I have always thought it seemed like it would be a little unsettling to have a tank of that sort of gas. In his case, it was a big tank at the front of the bed, so unlikely to be an issue in an ordinary fender-bender.