old town Canadienne

pcdcarl

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curious what year built serial number c45404v838
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Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 245404 and hull identification number XTC45404M83B is a 16 foot long fiberglass Canadienne model with wood rails. (This serial number is also duplicated on a 17 foot long Tripper model in red but that doesn't match your pictures.) It was built in September, 1982. The original exterior gelcoat color was white. It shipped on November 19th, 1982 to dealer number 172200. The back side of the card indicates that the outside rails were split so it was probably sold at a discount. Scans showing both sides of this build record can be found below.

These scans 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/pricing-plans/join to donate or join.

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.

Benson


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Interesting, I've pulled the rails both inner and outer going to clean and re-finish looks like rails are ash on the inner and Mahogany outer, I will also repaint the fiberglass in some sort of low gloss military green or camo this will be my hunting canoe. Im assuming a good automotive lacquer paint
Really looking forward to getting re-done and slipping down the Luxapulla river
 
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