3 Old Towns
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Old Town number 123992 was a 15-foot 50 pound model. Could you check that serial number again?
Old Town number 139560 was a 17-foot AA (or top) quality HW model that was built in 1944 and shipped to a canoe house in Washington, D.C. It had open ash gunwales and ash decks, seats, and thwarts, plus a keel, outside stems, and a floor rack. The original color was bright red. There was a secondary record with another name on it, possibly a different owner.
Old Town number 169694 was a 16-foot OTCA built in 1960 and shipped to the same canoe house in Washington, D.C. Its original color was red.
The scans of these three records are attached below-- click to get a larger image. These scans and several hundred thousand others 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
If you are selling your canoe and plan to use this build record information as part of an ad, please consider giving the WCHA credit for this information on eBay or craigslist or wherever your canoe is listed.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Norm
Old Town number 139560 was a 17-foot AA (or top) quality HW model that was built in 1944 and shipped to a canoe house in Washington, D.C. It had open ash gunwales and ash decks, seats, and thwarts, plus a keel, outside stems, and a floor rack. The original color was bright red. There was a secondary record with another name on it, possibly a different owner.
Old Town number 169694 was a 16-foot OTCA built in 1960 and shipped to the same canoe house in Washington, D.C. Its original color was red.
The scans of these three records are attached below-- click to get a larger image. These scans and several hundred thousand others 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
If you are selling your canoe and plan to use this build record information as part of an ad, please consider giving the WCHA credit for this information on eBay or craigslist or wherever your canoe is listed.
It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Norm
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Norm,
Thank you very much for the response. That first serial number should be 123998 17. It's exciting to imagine these canoes when they were new. They spent many years on the Potomac River. I was given these by the son of Jack Baxter who must have obtained them from Dempsey's. Does anyone know what materials would have been used in an OTCA from 1960?
Thanks,
Adam
Thank you very much for the response. That first serial number should be 123998 17. It's exciting to imagine these canoes when they were new. They spent many years on the Potomac River. I was given these by the son of Jack Baxter who must have obtained them from Dempsey's. Does anyone know what materials would have been used in an OTCA from 1960?
Thanks,
Adam
Adam,
Now we're on the right track. Perhaps others on the list can give you more info about Old Town canoes from the 1960 era.
Old Town number 123998 was a 17-foot CS (or common sense) grade HW model built between 1937 and 1939 and shipped in 1940 to Dempsey's Canoe House in Washington, D.C. It had open spruce gunwales, and a keel, but the other materials were not specified. So this build record is NOT all that complete. The original color was dark green.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. This scan and several hundred thousand others 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
Norm
Now we're on the right track. Perhaps others on the list can give you more info about Old Town canoes from the 1960 era.
Old Town number 123998 was a 17-foot CS (or common sense) grade HW model built between 1937 and 1939 and shipped in 1940 to Dempsey's Canoe House in Washington, D.C. It had open spruce gunwales, and a keel, but the other materials were not specified. So this build record is NOT all that complete. The original color was dark green.
The scan of this record is attached below-- click on it to get a larger image. This scan and several hundred thousand others 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 and anyone else reading this will join or renew membership in the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to renew.
Norm
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The specifications page from the 1960 catalog is attached below and the one at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/specific.gif is from an earlier catalog. The major difference is that canoes built after about 1957 had mahogany outside gunwales with spruce inside gunwales since the the AA and CS grades had been eliminated. More information like this is available from http://store.wcha.org/The-Complete-Old-Town-Canoe-Company-Catalog-Collection-CD-ROM.html in the Old Town Canoe Company Catalog Collection. Good luck with the restorations,
Benson
