Adding a seat to 2008 Chevy Express cargo van

So i inherited this van from my inlaws. They bought it pretty much brand new in 09 and drove it to Alaska to camp in and then havent used it much. I looked up adding a seat into it and making sure it is safe for my 3 year old daughter. After doing a lot of research I devised a plan to retrofit a 2015 Ford Transit seat and rails into the van. I sell and install service bodies, flatbeds, dump bodies, snow plows etc and figured i could make it work. I have to say it was pretty dang easy to do and looks great! And I can still remove the seat so I can haul bigger items still! If anyone is looking to do this let me know and ill hook you up. There wasnt much info on doing it unfortunately except a few videos that I didnt feel comfortable enough doing because they didnt look very safe lol.
 

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dleeallen

Adventurer
Bummer. I was thinking I would swap out my passenger van seat for one if it did! Having room for more than two people makes packaging tight!


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Guoseph

New member
Hey man I got some transit seats from a friend and want to install it in my chevy express awd passenger van. I didn't get the rails so I wonder if you could help me with where to find them and which ones might fit. I got 2 double seaters, 2 single jump seats, and half of the 4 person back row. It's not all gonna fit but I was gonna attempt a 2/2/(2+1) configuration if I can get the rails to line up.

Did you need to reinforce the ford seat rails under the van? Are there accessibility issues when working underneath where fuel tank, drive train etc prevented you from accessing certain bolt locations? Are there "no drill zones" on the floor of the chevy van?

Thanks a bunch
 

DRLexpress

Observer
Not to hi-jack this thread but I removed the seat tracks from a passenger Express that someone could have if it helps.

Doug
 

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