pat chapman
Willits biographer
Hi.
Could I get the build record for Old Town #172684-17? Thanks so much.
Could I get the build record for Old Town #172684-17? Thanks so much.
Old Town #172684-17
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The Old Town canoe with serial number 172684 is a 17 foot long Otca model with thwarts in place of seats and a keel. It was built between December, 1962 and January, 1963. The original exterior paint color was O. T. (Old Town) yellow. It shipped on April 18th, 1963 to Missoula, Montana. 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 as you probably know well. 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. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
This scan and several hundred thousand more were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others as you probably know well. 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. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
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pat chapman
Willits biographer
That's the canoe. Thanks, Benson.
Interestingly, there are cutoff diamond headed bolts installed in the gunwales at the locations for the seats and center quarter thwarts. There looks to be discolored wood where the ends of the seats and thwart would have touched the hull. Kind of seems like the seats and center thwart were originally installed, but removed before leaving the factory and they opted to leave the bolts instead of installing wood plugs. I've never seen that before. There also is a mast thwart and mast step installed that looks original, but not listed on the build record.
Interestingly, there are cutoff diamond headed bolts installed in the gunwales at the locations for the seats and center quarter thwarts. There looks to be discolored wood where the ends of the seats and thwart would have touched the hull. Kind of seems like the seats and center thwart were originally installed, but removed before leaving the factory and they opted to leave the bolts instead of installing wood plugs. I've never seen that before. There also is a mast thwart and mast step installed that looks original, but not listed on the build record.
Build records can tell us a great deal but they don't report everything. Ones from this era do not always contain information about sail rigs for example. It is also possible that this was a rush so there wasn't time to install proper wood plugs and varnish over them. Old documents often generate as more questions than answers.
Benson
Benson
