aluminum

Started restoring a 1923 Old Town OTCA which came to me with aluminum deck combings. It was suggested that this was indeed original to this canoe however I am having a difficult time verifying this. From most of the photos of OTCAs of this era, it seems that they were originally birch. Does...

Got a query from a friend of a friend who has an old Grumman aluminum canoe: It's serial number is SN 327-A-18 and he believes it is "one of the first ones they made." He wonders if it has any historic value, or if he should just let his Boy Scout troop use it. (I don't see why it's either/or...