Old Town serial # either 126276 18 or 136276 18
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Number 126276 was a 16-foot canoe. Old Town #136276 was an 18-foot square-end paddling canoe that was built in 1942 and shipped in 1943 to Selmer, Tenn. It had open spruce gunwales, ash decks and thwarts, and the seats were ash and spruce. It also had half ribs, a keel, floor rack, and outside stems. Plus sponsons. And it had a rowing seat. The original color was dark green. Since this canoe was built during wartime, the seats may not have been caned, and brass may have been in short supply.
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.
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
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.
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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Thanks Norm! It is the 1942 date and was exactly as you described with the caned seat. I acquired it in 1965 from a close friend of Dan Hughes who owned the DJ Hughes store in Savannah, TN. It was sitting in open on top of a fence post and had a large hole about 2 feet from the stern. I paid $10 for it. I bought a fiberglass kit from Herters, did the best I could to repair the keelson with oak, broken ribs with redwood, and replaced planking with apple crate pieces! This restoration lasted until last year when I began finding glaring cracks in the glass. At this point I decided to restore the canoe and want to put it back as original as possible. I am used to restoring items: WWII M1 carbines and garand rifles, and I have a 1960 and 1962 Corvette all of which are restored to original configuration. I am doing a good bit of research on the canoe and its construction and appreciate your input.
