So what does a Kubota tractor and a late 90’s Chevrolet S-10 have in common? Nothing, other than with some determination the Kubota engine can be made to fit in the S-10.
Yes, you are seeing that right. A Kubota tractor diesel engine swapped in an S-10. The owner put in a lot of work to do this, and the result is a fuel efficient diesel pickup that Chevy never gave us (and probably never will) in North America.
It wouldn’t be a diesel truck without a wanna-be semi stack coming out the bed. Say, you could even coal roll someone! Maybe it can’t puff out a black cloud that rivals a small coal power plant to blind an unsuspecting Prius driver like the big boys can, so we’ll just guess it has the potential to coal billow.
You’re seeing this right too, this puppy is a manual trans!
