I recently purchased an Old Town wood & canvas canoe. When I heard about it, I was actually looking for something to cut in half and use for a bookshelf but now that I own it I can't imagine taking a saw to it. The exterior looks a little rough but the interior is in great shape other than some old flaky varnish. The serial number is 171691 and I can only determine that it was probably made around 1960. How do I delve further into the history of this boat?
Old Town Serial Number
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 171691 is a 16 foot long Otca model with a keel. It was built between December, 1961 and March, 1962. The original exterior paint color was red. It shipped on April 4th, 1962 to Rome, Georgia. The back side of the record shows that it may have still been in Rome, Georgia on January, 1991 when there was a previous request for a copy of this build record.
Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links at the thumbnail images attached below. These scans 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/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found by following the links at the thumbnail images attached below. These scans 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/ot_records/ if you want more details. I hope that you will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to join.
Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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You are most welcome. I have frequently picked up an old canoe and moved it further while driving home than it has traveled since it originally shipped. Good luck with the restoration,
Benson
