My Chevrolet Express van Class B- camper
I have been camping in my 1990 Chevrolet Silverado Blazer 2-door for the last 20 years. When I removed the back seat there was just enough room for a 3/4 sized (Hollywood, as some people called them)...
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FunTwoDrv wrote:
Mike,
Curious about the passenger seat position and rotation. Did the position of the seat, while facing forward, change at all? Could you elaborate a bit on how you modified it to clear the door arm rest?
When I mounted the swivel on the passenger seat side, the seat mounting holes on the swivel were offset about an inch to the inside. I am not sure why they did that unless they were concerned with clearance problems with the mounting bolts. This moved the passenger seat about an inch closer to the center of the van. When I swiveled the seat to face backwards in the van, it then was about an inch closer to the door and it prevented me from swiveling the seat a complete 180 degrees. I took it off again and drilled some new holes for the seat about an inch to the right of the current holes in the swivel mount. The clearance was closer for the mounting bolts but I could still get the seat mounted and swiveled. I was prepared to grind the bolt heads down if needed, but I found I didn't have to do that. Now I could swivel the seat a full 180 degrees without hitting the door. I do have to open the door to swivel it. The other position of the seat that was affected was the height. With the swivel mounted, the seat sits about an inch and a half higher. I made a 1.5 inch high foot platform for my wife, who is shorter than I am and the higher seat position bothered her as her feet would not sit flat on the floor putting pressure on the bottom of her thighs.
Top view
bottom view showing the carpet cover
the foot platform in place in the van
I am sorry I did not take pictures of the new holes I drilled in the swivel seat platform to show the new position to the old.
