Alexander Comb
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I have three Old Town canoes I would like build records for: 150680 115460 138679 Thank you
Old Town build records
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Welcome, the Old Town canoe with serial number 150680 is an 18 foot long, CS (common sense or middle) grade, Guide model with white Maine cedar planking, open spruce gunwales, and a keel. It was built between April and June, 1948. The original exterior paint design was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design37.gif which was known as their design number 37. It shipped on July 3rd, 1948 to Bay City, Michigan. It returned for extensive repairs on August 1st, 1949. These are shown on the back side of the card. It returned to Oscoda, Michigan on August 29th, 1949.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 115460 is an 18 foot long, AA (or top) grade, guide 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 January and July, 1935. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on June 30th, 1936 to Woodruff, Wisconsin.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 138679 is a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, a floor rack, a bang plate along the full length of the keel, and rub rails. It was built between October, 1943 and January, 1944. The original exterior paint design was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design45.gif which was later known as their design number 45. It shipped on June 6th, 1944 to Trenton, New Jersey.
Scans showing these 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 possible that you could have other numbers or manufacturers if these descriptions doesn't match the canoes. Please post some pictures if the original designs are still showing. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
The Old Town canoe with serial number 115460 is an 18 foot long, AA (or top) grade, guide 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 January and July, 1935. The original exterior paint color was dark green. It shipped on June 30th, 1936 to Woodruff, Wisconsin.
The Old Town canoe with serial number 138679 is a 16 foot long, AA (or top) grade, Otca model with open mahogany gunwales, mahogany decks, mahogany thwarts, mahogany seats, a keel, a floor rack, a bang plate along the full length of the keel, and rub rails. It was built between October, 1943 and January, 1944. The original exterior paint design was similar to the one shown at http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design45.gif which was later known as their design number 45. It shipped on June 6th, 1944 to Trenton, New Jersey.
Scans showing these 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 possible that you could have other numbers or manufacturers if these descriptions doesn't match the canoes. Please post some pictures if the original designs are still showing. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions.
Benson
