OK slueths, what is this? It has a number where an Old Town should (which I haven't been able to get from the owner), solid top gunwales, and a beak-like bow. Is it worth a trip to Missouri? Thanks.
Early Old Town Charles River canoes (into the mid-teens) and at least some sold as Ideal model canoes had untapered ribs. Very early ones of other models may have been built this way too; I just cannot remember specific examples right now.
I am told the actual serial number is... 16 13574.