168421

jfrom

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Hello I was looking for a little in sight on a old town canoe I just got. It needs a lot of work and re canvasing Unfortunately it was left outside for many years neglected. I believe it is about 17ft . Any info on identifying the model and year would be great.

Thanks
James
 
The Old Town canoe with serial number 168421 is a 17 foot long Otca model with a keel. It was built between January and September, 1959. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on May 23rd, 1960 to Rutherford, New Jersey. A scan of this build record can be found by following the link at the thumbnail image attached below.

This scan 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/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/wcha/ to learn more about the WCHA and http://www.wcha.org/join.php to join.

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.

Benson
 

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Thank you so much for the super quick reply. From the looks of it i may have gotten the canoe from the orignal owners.

Thanks
James
 
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