Help with Canoe ID

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Hello everyone, glad to join. I'm looking for anyone that might know more about this canoe.
It's looking like a older Sears Robuck but other folks say it's a Grumman. The Transom wood was replaced and that's where the tag would have been on a Sears. No other Identification found on the hull. It's between 16 and 17 ft long.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

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Without a HIN or other identification number it would be difficult for anyone to identify the manufacturer of an old aluminum canoe. Sears had some big company under contract to manufacture their aluminum canoes, perhaps Grumman, Alumacraft, Michicraft or Deltacraft, and maybe different companies at different times.

If the metal is solid and the canoe is otherwise seaworthy, enjoy it.

 

[sq back]

Thank you for your reply , I look forward to enjoying it.
After much research I found that it might be a early 70s Sears by looking through a database of Sears catalogs. I believe it to be a 71 or 72. Thus the lack of a stamped HIN.
Overall it is rock solid and kept in excellent condition !
Next it's time to power it.
Thank you once again for the welcome
I look forward to enjoying the group.
Mike

 

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[Gamma1214]

Welcome. I think it will be really hard to definitively nail it down but doubt it really matters. main thing is that it gets you on the water and that you've started down the road of canoe collecting (oops, I mean canoeing).

Best way to power it (IMO) is a single blade. Quiet, economical, energy source is renewable, you (usually) stay dry and it looks better than flailing along w/ a double. (A 5 hp outboard might be a bit much but you do you)

 

[sq back]

Thanks for the welcome
You hit the nail with collecting. This is my second purchase.
The first was a unknown name thin fiberglass sq back that wanted to repair but the glass was old and brittle and would crack at the slightest touch.
This time I went aluminum with single blade but plan on using a 3.3 HP older Merc.
Hope to be out on the lakes soon.
Mike