Cargo van to passenger van conversion?

[cwsqbm]

Not to take ANYTHING away from this awesome van, but I am pretty sure the picture is reversed and that is really the passenger side- look at the writing on the badges. Plus there are other pics of it on the Boulder website without doors on the driver's side.

Too bad- that would be an incredible combo....

+1. The windshield wipers also are backwards.

[CodyY]

They do offer double sliders though

[LukeD]

So, hunting for a diesel passenger van came up with slim results. It was either a gas passenger van or a diesel cargo van. A quick search pulled up no results.

My question is, does anyone have any experience with converting a cargo van to a passenger set up. IE: seats, belts and windows?

Good luck with the search, Passenger diesel is like seeing a flipping unicorn. It took 3 long months before I located one. I was almost ready to give up and just buy a cargo van or short school bus when one popped up in Roseville, I got on a train in Fresno that day, bought it and drove it home.

[bknudtsen]

Good luck with the search, Passenger diesel is like seeing a flipping unicorn.

Sweet! I get to see a unicorn everytime I walk out my front door!

[r_w]

And everyone that does have said unicorn knows it--so they will keep it forever or price it accordingly when they sell it.

[TBS]

I went and got some windows from a parts van, but in in order for the OEM windows to sit flush, it would require alot of work. I think I may go back and get the doors and just have them painted to match and put the windows back in.

On the drivers side though, I found this. Havent gotten a price yet but it seems to be an option.

http://www.hehrintl.com/6900vanmodels.htm

[Jeffh555]

My plan is to run the CR Laurence VW60091R and L in my sliding door and behind the driver door. The best price I found is from Glasswarepro.com http://www.glasswarepro.com/Search.a...&SearchGo.y=11

[1sweetvan]

You might consider using a bench seat from a Sprinter. They come with head rests and built in shoulder belts some are 54" others are 64". I picked up a never used, 3 person 64" from a 2006 for $60 on CL. Floor brackets were another $115 shipped. If I ever get time to install it in my 08' E350 passenger, I'll post some picks.

[McZippie]

And everyone that does have said unicorn knows it--so they will keep it forever or price it accordingly when they sell it.

...and rightly so, for us that purchased Ford diesel vans new, we paid big bucks for the engine. Even so, to try and recoup a fraction of the new purchase and operating cost when selling used, the original owner would have to drive it zillions of miles and still tack on a premium for the diesel engine.
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I'd gladly pay a premium of $5,000 for a used low mileage, good condition diesel Van. One could easily make the case that 'such' a Van cost the original owner up-wards of $10,000 more to own and operate over a gas engine, even with getting an additional $5,000.00 used sale premium.
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FWIW best cost savings when buying our new 2009 Ford van cutaway 6.0L Diesel, was to purchase the maximum extended 7 years Ford warranty for $3,400. Rough estimated of repairs so far exceed $10,000, for 3 year and 39,000 miles.
Replaced turbo, water pump, cooling fan, air conditioner leakage twice, high pressure fuel pump, pulled engine to fix oil leak.
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With all the repairs I was beginning to hate the noisy smelly beast, until last week, remember why I got a diesel; while on vacation and cruising down the wide open Interstate Highway in North Dakota at 85mph, towing a Jeep JKU, with the diesel chugging along and passing all the other Motor-homes like they were standing still. Yep... I'm addicted to them-dar expensive Unicorns!