RustySpike
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Please send build and original owner info for my recently acquired 16ft OTC serial number 162318. Thanks!
16ft OTC serial number 162318
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Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 162318 is a 16 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with a keel. It was built between August and October, 1954. The original exterior paint color was Princeton orange. It shipped on October 29th, 1954 to West Swanzey, New Hampshire. A scan of this build record can be found below.
This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Good luck with the project,
Benson
This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. A description of the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will donate, join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See https://www.woodencanoe.org/about to learn more about the WCHA and https://www.woodencanoe.org/shop to donate or join.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Good luck with the project,
Benson
RustySpike
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Thank you for this info! Would you know how to get info on the species of woods used in the build for a restoration?
The details at https://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/specific.gif from the 1920 catalog and https://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/specifications.jpg from the 1962 catalog have most of the details. Let me know if this doesn't answer your questions.
Benson
RustySpike
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Hi Benson, thanks for the links. I don’t see the material for the keel strip. Is it a hardwood like oak or mahogany or spruce?
RustySpike
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And would you know is someone supplies them? And replacement gunwales?
Keels were commonly a hard wood like oak or ash. Many of the builders listed at the first link below can supply them. The other two links are the suppliers most frequently mentioned for keels and gunwales.
Benson
BuildersSuppliers
www.woodencanoe.org
Island Falls Canoe - Custom Made Wood and Canvas Canoes - Old Town Wood Canoe Parts & Materials
Island Falls Canoe - Maine made custom built canoes, canoe restoration, canoe repair, and canoe building classes. We also carry Old Town Wood Canoe parts and materials and we perform repairs on wooden Old Town Canoes.
Basic Materials - Northwoods Canoe Co.
Rollin Thurlow's Northwoods Canoe Company constructs, repairs and restores wooden and canvas canoes, offers wood canoe building classes, cedar and plywoodstrip plans, paddle kits, books, videos, and canoe building materials.
www.wooden-canoes.com
