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Hello all i just bought a chevy van thats not extended and i need some help. i want to put a bench seat/fold down bed in it plus a wall right behind hind the seat and fit at most two bikes in it so I'm wondering if that will work and if anybody has ideas or pictures to help me out plus any other little things that make life in a not extended van easier .. thank you
I can fit up to 3 bikes inside the van with plenty of room for parts, tools, air compressor, generator, ez-up, chairs, gas cans, oil, gear-bags, cooler, etc. Here are a few photos to give you an idea how I load my van:
The key for my setup is staggering the bikes enough to clear each other. The front wheel chocks separate the bikes by 14" side to side and 24" front to back. With this arrangement I've loaded every combination of late model YZ two strokes, YZ450F, KX450F, KX250F and KTM 150SX you could imagine. It works for basically any combination of motocross bikes. The front wheel of the front bike is slightly forward (2 inches) of the steel dividing wall which is right up against the top of the seat-backs in my van. I have a cheap cooler that fits perfectly between the front seats with about 3 or 4 inches clearance between the front wheel of the forward bike and the center-console of the van.
Note, the rear/left bike's triple clamps and handlebar just clears that gray steel parts/tool cabinet by 3" to 4". Without that cabinet in the van, you could move both bikes over to the left another 4" to 6" also. I couldn't live without that cabinet and drawers to organize my parts.
If you want a folding seat/bed just behind the driver's & passenger's seat, you could move both of the bikes to the rear as much as 11 inches and still close the rear door with my setup assuming brand new tires on the longest bike I have (my YZ450F and my YZ300).
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Walled. Insulated. Conversion van roll out seat with electric button.
It's not always a good thing, but I dated a lady-engineer a few years ago...
Something your pics reminded me of that helps a ton in these Chevy vans are those threaded bolt holes in the floor. They are threaded for 1/4"-20 bolts. I sprayed a little WD-40 in the holes and chased them with a tap to clear the dirt, rust and other schmoo out of the threads. I didn't have to drill or modify my van one bit to bolt in my wheel-chocks, just used the factory bolt holes.
Make sure you measure wall for distance of new tires and totally stretched out chain.
Thet you can load straight in or have the choice of cocking the wheel into the corners of the wall.
Just build a stud wall with 3/4 plywood.youll need 3 sheets. I put stud every eight inches. Insulate with standard wall insulation. Bolt to floor and sides of van. Get ceiling as tight as you can. Caulk the gap.
I'm not a carpenter but it can be done as long as everything's squared up. Take measurements twice. This set up barely works both ways. Seat barely lays flat and bike fits snug on the rear door.
For the wall use thin insulation and for the ceiling use finishing board with the thin styrofoam insulate. Caulk all the seems and holes and seal out the back. No gas smell on the way home. And no tools crushing your skull in event of accident.
I use outdoor carpet from Home Depot or lowes. 3 cans of 3M epoxy spray to stick. Bought whatever carpet was on clearance. And the green turned out nice anyway.
Last pic I found sorry so many consecutive posts
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