Metro Owners - A Request

[vulgalour]

Do you own a Metro or Mini with front door pockets?  Do you have a tape measure?  Fancy doing me a favour?

I have a suspicion that the screw spacing on Metro/Mini front door pockets is the same as on the Maestro but I don't know for certain.  Would somebody mind measuring their door pockets for me.  I know the Maestro pockets are a different design so they look more like a moulded door panel, but I suspect the pocket is actually the same basic fitment.  I already know other Metro interior items are a shared with the Maestro so I'm hoping this one is too because it will make replacing my broken front door pocket a lot easier.

Ta in advance!

 

[Mr Laurence]

I checked my Mini (1999, but other than impact bars, I don’t think the design of the door is any different to older ones too)

There’s four screw holes holding it on. The upper two are 49cm apart, and the lower two are 37cm apart (this might off by a little - I was measuring them in a cramped and poorly lit garage )

 

[vulgalour]

I've now removed the pocket from the Maestro and it measures:

Two holes along the top at 43cm apart

Three holes along the bottom at 0cm, 10cm, and 20.5cm from leading edge

I guess the later Minis (is '99 a Rover rather than an Austin?) changed the door pocket design.  The Mini and Metro ones I'd seen have 3 holes along the bottom rather than just two.

 

EDIT:  I'll take a photo and annotate in a bit.  Should have done that to start with I guess.  It'll show the measurements a bit better.

[Mr Laurence]

I’ve had a look again and it does have three along the bottom. The middle hole looks like it’s right in the centre of the other two. Once there’s some better light I’ll measure them again and try to get a photo

[vulgalour]

I've added the photo with dimensions now.  I'm not fussed about the sticky-up bit, just the screw hole distances.  If all the screw holes line up then I'll know a Metro/Mini one fits and that's good enough, it doesn't really need that sticky-up bit.

[Mr Laurence]

That looks quite different. The lower outer holes on a Mini one are close to the corners.  If a Maestro door card is a flat surface then it should fit, but you'd need to drill new holes.

Are A and K series Metro door pockets the same?

 

EDIT - I've had a quick Google and Metro door cards are definitely a different design to Mini ones. They have a speaker attached and  four screw holes along the bottom, rather than three. could a Metro owner (@TheDoctor ?) please confirm this?

[vulgalour]

Maestro door is completely flat, so I could drill new holes.  It'd be great if I didn't have to and it was a straight swap, but the more I look at the photos I can see, the less likely it's seeming now.  This is the style of pocket I was thinking would work, I just haven't had the measurements to compare.

Mini version, and Metro version.  I suspect they're the same part used on both cars, I just can't confirm it.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

@RobT One for you perhaps?

[Mr Laurence]

Yeah, those are the ones on my car.  I suspect the ones on that Metro are the same design too. Unfortunately, I don't think they'd fit a Maestro without modification

[Craig the Princess]

I wonder if @BeEP has a pocket in his spares pile?

[DoctorRetro]

I think the Rover Metro ones are way off what you need. 

 

Full thing is 73cm, pocket about 54cm

 

[vulgalour]

Just measured and 73cm almost covers the pocket and grille on the Maestro, while 54cm is a good bit longer than the Maestro pocket which is about 44cm.  Probably won't fit at that.

[Six-cylinder]

Our Metro is a MK1 MG and a slightly different style door pocket. Sorry I can't measure it for you as the car is in storage away from the house.

[vulgalour]

I'm learning there's a lot of different door pockets!  That MG has a great looking interior, just enough texture and colour to lift it from being a totally boring grey mush.

[JimH]

They are properly lovely. Tweeds, light and space. 

I really wish we could have them all back.