Greetings, Aaron, and welcome to the WCHA--
Old Town 129930 is a 16 foot CS (common sense, or middle) grade HW model canoe that was finished from April-November of 1940. It has open spruce gunwales, a keel, sponsons and was originally painted dark green. Wood species of decks, thwarts, and seat frames is not specified on the record, but CS grade canoes were trimmed in hardwood other than mahogany... this could be birch, ash, maple, or oak. If you are unsure of wood species, post a picture.
The canoe was shipped to W.L. Masters and Son in Chicago on December 14, 1940. The reverse of the record shows an inquiry from Delavan, WI, on September 7, 1975. 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
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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.
If you post pictures here or in the wood canvas/fiberglass section, others can give you feedback regarding any restoration questions. There are many here who have restored canoes similar to yours and can walk you through the process.
I'll look through the catalogs and find more information on your year and model. More information on the Old Town Company can be found in Sue Audette's book, "Old Town, Our First Hundred Years", which is available from Sue herself at
http://www.waterworkscanoe.com/book.html, on eBay, Amazon, and at public libraries.
Kathy
