old town serial number 110256-17

[bferrett]

a friend gave me this canoe, i think it is in pretty good shape for restoring. if you could post any info on it, that would be great and thank you for your time. this will be my first wood canoe restoration so iv'e got some researching to do. i will post pics soon. thanks again.
bferrett

 

[Benson Gray]

The Old Town canoe with serial number 110256 is a 17 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with red western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between September, 1931 and 1932. The original exterior paint color was bright red. It shipped on February 22nd, 1932 to Netcong, New Jersey. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the attached thumbnail image below.

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 will join or renew your membership to the WCHA so that services like this can continue. See http://www.wcha.org/about-the-wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://store.wcha.org/WCHA-New-Membership.html to renew.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description don't match your canoe. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Good luck with the restoration,

Benson