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Could you belive that 091 coil that sold for $450 on Ebay this morning?
Incredible! I saw one go for $200 a couple of weeks ago and thought that was high. John
What amazed me was that there were 9 bids from 7 different bidders over $200.
It is not unusual to see tw guys get carried away bidding against each other, but 7 ? I am with you Clem, It about time to get my 091 coils cleaned, painted and listed on Ebay! John
What amazed me was that there were 9 bids from 7 different bidders over $200.
It is not unusual to see tw guys get carried away bidding against each other, but 7 ? I am with you Clem, It about time to get my 091 coils cleaned, painted and listed on Ebay! John
'091 coil was used on/off over time on most Corvettes without FI or TI options with some exceptions (all '63 after 2/12/63 and low horse '64) until it was replaced by '202 coil in '65. There are two problems with acquiring a unit.
(1) What's reproduced and listed in today's catalogs are primarily 2nd generation GM service spares (metal case with silk screen vs. metal deboss ID) that've been disassembled and a new fresh debossed case installed. The work great, but lack some of the originality issues of '091 coils from the 50's like (no shoulders around the center bakelite output tower and no anti-swivel holes in the primary side mounting post shoulders). So, if you've got a 'late' Corvette (after, say '62), the repop '091 coil works fine; otherwise expect some level of judging deduction(s).
(2) This coil was NOT unique to Corvette! However, the universe of Chevy cars that used it are probably RARER than Corvette..... You have to locate a Chevy passenger car from the 50-60 era in a scrapyard what was a factory dual 4-Bbl 283, OR a high horse 348 (those tri-power babies are rarer than hen's teeth!), OR a Chevy 409....
Both aspects are why prices bid the way they do. These other 'donor' car owners are probably stalking scrap yards and old timer parts houses 'lying' and saying they've got a run-of-the-mill Corvette they're working with to try and keep the price down! Corvair folks due this when they shop for mid-60's telescopic steering columns by the way....
'091 coil was used on/off over time on most Corvettes without FI or TI options with some exceptions (all '63 after 2/12/63 and low horse '64) until it was replaced by '202 coil in '65. There are two problems with acquiring a unit.
(1) What's reproduced and listed in today's catalogs are primarily 2nd generation GM service spares (metal case with silk screen vs. metal deboss ID) that've been disassembled and a new fresh debossed case installed. The work great, but lack some of the originality issues of '091 coils from the 50's like (no shoulders around the center bakelite output tower and no anti-swivel holes in the primary side mounting post shoulders). So, if you've got a 'late' Corvette (after, say '62), the repop '091 coil works fine; otherwise expect some level of judging deduction(s).
(2) This coil was NOT unique to Corvette! However, the universe of Chevy cars that used it are probably RARER than Corvette..... You have to locate a Chevy passenger car from the 50-60 era in a scrapyard what was a factory dual 4-Bbl 283, OR a high horse 348 (those tri-power babies are rarer than hen's teeth!), OR a Chevy 409....
Both aspects are why prices bid the way they do. These other 'donor' car owners are probably stalking scrap yards and old timer parts houses 'lying' and saying they've got a run-of-the-mill Corvette they're working with to try and keep the price down! Corvair folks due this when they shop for mid-60's telescopic steering columns by the way....
How "correct" are available replacements?
Suppliers such as Corvette Central state their coils are "correct". Does this mean these are zero deduct units? I've always wondered about their definition of correct.
How "correct" are available replacements?
Suppliers such as Corvette Central state their coils are "correct". Does this mean these are zero deduct units? I've always wondered about their definition of correct.
They contain ANY junkyard transformer available. That is to say, you get a coil in a can that "looks" correct BUT inside the can (electrically) there is no corrispondance with an original 091 or 107 coil. Sometimes the spark is OK but sometimes it isn't.
They contain ANY junkyard transformer available. That is to say, you get a coil in a can that "looks" correct BUT inside the can (electrically) there is no corrispondance with an original 091 or 107 coil. Sometimes the spark is OK but sometimes it isn't.
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