Through the years on here, at times we have mentioned things about the unique Delco-Remy, Made In Canada (McKinnon Industries Ltd., St. Catharines, ON.) ignition coils that are found on our Canadian Pontiac engines. Canadian only.
Here's a NOS one that I picked up (didn't pay the seller's price) off eBay. The coil has instructions, nipple, and the wire end. It has an aluminum enclosure stamped CANADA. Enjoy (not for sale, just for information purposes).
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Nice piece Pontiac, good find, the best part of a nos coil...they work. A company back in the 80s started making the aluminum casing as a sleeve for a aftermarket coil to fit in, i dont know if the sleeve is still available
-- Edited by Indian on Saturday 7th of March 2015 03:57:35 PM
Of course they are flogging off the American-made NOS 1115087 (black casing) coils as a judging-correct '63-'64 Corvette coils! They are going in the $250.00 - $500.00 range.
No, numbers-correct, Corvette freak would want a silver-coloured, Canada-made coil on their vintage show 'vette!
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Sunday 8th of March 2015 06:47:50 AM
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Cool find Darryl. Will you be using it on your car?
Yep, but first I'm going to see how the old one (original Canadian-made coil) cleans up.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I glass beaded the casing on one of mine lightly, it turned out nice, got rid of scratches and oils, leaving a light matt finish, too much beading leads to disaster
delco marked horn relays and delco marked regulator are good things
With a little finesse, you can convert a brand new, unstamped relay/regulator to a stamped vintage Delco-Remy relay/regulator by switching out the outer shells. New inner workings with the old style look.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I tried that, The ears/tabs on the original regulator didn't match up with the aftermarket regulator, the originals are offset and repop more side by side, I put the new back in the box and keep it as a toolbox part. I have a few spare original regulators, coils, horn relays put aside since they are the ones that give the ars the most problems, especially horn relay.
I tried that, The ears/tabs on the original regulator didn't match up with the aftermarket regulator, the originals are offset and repop more side by side, I put the new back in the box and keep it as a toolbox part. I have a few spare original regulators, coils, horn relays put aside since they are the ones that give the ars the most problems, especially horn relay.
I made it work.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Does it elevate my status if I tell you that I have a Canadian Delco-Remy silver coil from a 1965 Laurentian hanging on my garage pegboard? It has been there about 27 years. It is a spare from a 230, but I already have the correct one on my 67 250.
Finding a NOS one is pretty nice if you want the correct details on a Canadian GM. I love that sort of stuff.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
When I use it , I want to mount it with CANADA facing outward if I can.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
It appears to be original, I am going to clean engine bay and maybe I can see better the details. Not having the aluminum finish coil be due to higher production. I thought I read somewhere that the 67 was one of the best selling years.
They are going in the $250.00 - $500.00 range.
New inner workings with the old style look.
