Old town serial number lookup

Jen Dorman

Curious about Wooden Canoes
Hi I recently purchased an older canvas/wooden OldTown canoe and was wondering if I could get help finding out what year it was built?
The serial number is 174120 16.

Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you
 
Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 174120 is a 12 foot long square stern canoe so that doesn't seem like a good match. My guess is that you may have the one with serial number 114120. This a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, HW (Heavy Water) model with red Western cedar planking, open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, and a floor rack. It was built between May and July, 1934. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on July 23rd, 1935 to Detroit, Michigan. Scans of both build records 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/shop to donate or join.

It is also possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match. The information at https://www.wcha.org/forums/index.php?threads/791/ may help you decipher the serial number. Please indicate which digit is the least clear if you still aren't sure. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.

Benson



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Thank you for your assistance..i posted a picture of the serial number, weird it certainly looks like a 174120 but thought id attach a photo to see what your thoughts are?
thank you again for your help. Im excited to be an owner, looking forward to fixing it up.
 

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My new guess is 177120 as shown below. Does that match? What do the numbers in the other end look like?

Benson



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Here are some more photos that might help20220616_191114.jpg 20220616_190938.jpg 20220616_190958.jpg 20220616_191114.jpg 20220616_190938.jpg 20220616_190958.jpg
 

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