I am recently renovating a 16' old town canvas over wood canoe with hull number 170307.

[Warren Lain]

Can you please send me a build sheet?!
I'm wanting to restore the boat and curious of the original color. There was no canvas or remnant of color when I found her!

drwmlain@gmail.com. Thanks in advance.

Warren

 

[Benson Gray]

Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 170307 is 16 foot long Otca model with a keel. It was built between August and September, 1960. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It shipped on July 11th, 1961 to Stratford, Connecticut. 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 http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.

It is 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. Good luck with the project,

Benson