old town serial number

[fred capenos]

I am helping to restore an Old Town canoe. The serial number is 142735 16.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks ...Fred Capenos

 

[MikeCav]

Good morning Fred,
The canoe with that serial number is a 16' Old Town Yankee done in CS (Common Sense) grade with ash seats, thwarts and decks; outside stems, keel and bang plates running full length. It's original color was yellow. It was shipped to East Haddon, CT in December 1945. The build record is attached.

Scans of approximately 210,000 records were created with substantial grants from the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA) and others. Additional information about the project to preserve these records is available at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/records/ if you want more details. Please join WCHA or make a tax deductable contribution 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.html to join. If you are already a WCHA member, THANK YOU!

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.

 

[fred capenos]

old town canoe serial number

Thank you for your quick response....the information you gave is very helpful and appreciated....p.s. yes, I am a proud member of this great organization...
thank you again.....Fred