Welcome and congratulations, the Old Town canoe with serial number 147367 is 16 foot long, CS (Common Sense or middle) grade, Otca model with spruce planking, open spruce gunwales, ash decks, ash thwarts, ash seats, and a keel. It was built between January and March, 1947. The original exterior paint was similar to the one shown at
http://www.wcha.org/catalogs/old-town/designs/design43.gif which was known as the design number 43. It shipped on May 16th, 1947 to Brookfield, Connecticut. A scan of this build record can be found 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/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
http://www.wcha.org/about-wcha to learn more about the WCHA and
http://www.wcha.org/store/membership to join.
It is possible that you could have another number or manufacturer if this description doesn't match your canoe. The books at
http://www.wcha.org/store/books may help you restore it.
The Wood & Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide to its History, Construction, Restoration and Maintenance and
This Old Canoe: How to Restore Your Wood Canvas Canoe may be especially useful. Feel free to reply here if you have any other questions. Good luck with the project,
Benson