Need help know nothing about OT canoe serial number 128658

Sloppyjo

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Hi purchase a beat up OT canoe for $140 Serial number 128658. Wood 16ft I believe and know nothing about it. I would like to know what type of canoe it is so we can try to restore it. I think it could be from the 30’s or 40’s.
 
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Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 128658 is a 16 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Yankee model with open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between December, 1939 and March, 1940. The original exterior color was dark green. It shipped to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 2nd, 1940. 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 the canoe. Let me know if you have other questions or if there is anything else that I can do to help.

Benson



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