Coil

[StevenGuthmiller]

Hey guys.

Was I seeing things, or have I seen pictures somewhere of a coil on a Mopar engine that was tan colored with a yellow cap?

I was getting ready to paint one that color, but now I can't find pictures of one anywhere.

 

Or was it yellow with a tan cap?

 

Help!

 

 

Steve

[dmthamade]

Aftermarket maybe? Started in the trade mid 70's, remember tan distributor caps, black coils, can't remember yellow topped Mopar coils. Yellow topped Ford coils, yes, but IIRC no Mopar coils. I'll probably be proved wrong...

Don

[signguy2108]

lookup accell supercoil, it was the thing to have before the MSD stuff came along

[Scott8950]

3 minutes ago, signguy2108 said:

lookup accell supercoil, it was the thing to have before the MSD stuff came along

thats the only yellow coil with a tan cap that i can remember.

[signguy2108]

yeah, and to be really cool u needed to have the big yellow accell plug wires! if u look close in the nxt pic, u can see the coil just over my  brother in law's arm. they also made a small stock looking round one

Edited August 22, 2019 by signguy2108
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[signguy2108]

1976, edelbrock t shirt and the hair, lol

[Bucky]

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/dcc-4120889

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/dcc-4876733

[gtx6970]

Tan COIL ?

 

Never on a mopar. They're always black ( lettering color on said coil is usually a light green, but some have been found with yellow lettering)

 

That said;

Tan dist caps started showing up 1966, MAYBE ,,,,just MAYBE very late 1965. But by part number the tan cap arrived in 1966

 

Distributor itself is black body if dual point ignition system.

bare aluminum body if single point system

 

Dual point dist body shown

 

Single point dist body with correct tan cap

 

Correct ignition coil

 

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by gtx6970

[StevenGuthmiller]

Okay guys.

I was pretty sure that it was not a factory thing, but it's really not necessary for this build anyway.

 

 

I'm assuming that this is what I was thinking of.

I thought it might be nice to add a little extra flash to the engine.

 

Steve

 

[gtx6970]

My 2cents.

Your not trying to build replica stock.

So all bets are off.....build it the way you like.

My gut tells me its going to be killer either way

[StevenGuthmiller]

15 minutes ago, gtx6970 said:

My 2cents.

Your not trying to build replica stock.

So all bets are off.....build it the way you like.

My gut tells me its going to be killer either way

Yup.

doing it in yellow.

I might see if I happen to have a decal close to the Accell decal also.

 

 

Steve

[vintagedragcrazy]

hey steve kris morgan has the accel coils already yellow and tan with decals and kris's stuff is awsome and fair priced!

vince

[vintagedragcrazy]

Here's my Camaro with mad coil and distributor!

vince

 

Edited August 23, 2019 by vintagedragcrazy

[StevenGuthmiller]

36 minutes ago, vintagedragcrazy said:

hey steve kris morgan has the accel coils already yellow and tan with decals and kris's stuff is awsome and fair priced!

vince

Yes, I'm using one of his pre-wired distributors, but I wanted a standard coil that mounts to the intake.

Just wanted to add another splash of color under the hood.

 

 

Steve