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Default Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

What is the correct coil # for a 69 L 78 4spd SS hood Camaro. Thanks Carl
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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

Delco Remy #D512 or Chevrolet #1115238 (238 BR on it)
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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

Not a 293?
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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

Did they use different coils for Chevelles, Camaros, and Novas using the same engines? I have a 293 B-R that I assumed came on our 427 Chevelle, but can't be sure. Things got changed around under the hood a little in the old days. I ran a Delco-Remy CD ignition for a time until it went south. What coil you had really didn't matter as long as it worked. Any good coil advice out there?
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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

Mr 70 - What source are you using to determine this. I've gone thru the assembly manual and can only find the 293 coil referenced . The manual does call out another coil # for a CI hood - Thanks
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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

I was hoping there would be more feedback on this subject, as it has always puzzled me.
From what I see in cars like yours & mine,they always have the Delco-Remy 293 coil.
(either w/B-R or 12-V under them).
The Assembly Manuals for the Camaro & Chevelle call out the 293 coil as well.
I believe this to be Assembly line correct.

But all the individual Chevrolet parts books I have all call out for the Delco 1115238 BR coil.
The Delco Parts books,which recognize this as D512 claim it is the proper coil,but I personally have opened a few of these Delco NOS D512 cans and found various different numbered coils in them.
Everything from 1115238,242,267, & 293.
Here is what is typical of all the various years Chevrolet Parts books.This from P&A 30A.

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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

I think that you will probably find that GM, over the years, has narrowed down the number of coils to one or two that will handle the job. It saves all the excess inventory. Correct restoration didn't enter the picture. Superseding part number abound in the catalogues.
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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

But the individual Chevrolet parts book I am referencing were published in 1969-70-71-72-73-75-77.They all say the same thing.Nothing more,nothing less.
I don't see #1115238 as a superseded number.
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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

Rick,
It's not uncommon for the P&A catalog or Delco parts books from the year of origin to carry different part numbers for coils, voltage regulators, etc than the assembly manuals. For whatever reason, Production parts were often different numbers than those spec'd for Service. I believe the most authentic restoration should strive to use the parts specified in the assembly manual. But in many cases, those Production parts were never offered in Service, so once the original parts are gone they can only be replaced with a used part.

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Default Re: Correct Coil # for 69 L 78 Camaro

Is the consensus that the coil specfied in the assembly manual ( 293 ) is correct ?
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