Re: which mfg do i have????????
mfg on it and 1462-1395 under it. i belive the first two are the year and length but whats the 1395?
The '14' might be the mold #.
The '62' is likely the year of manufacture.
The '1395' is the serial number. I don't have history info to discern if that means it was the three-hundred-ninety-fifth pulled from the molds that year, or if there were actually thirteen-hundred-ninety-five made to that point.
I do not believe that if you tape ANY MFG Niagara, Carefree, etc. that you will have it measure 14' or 13' or 15' exactly. Many Niagaras are 13'8" stern-to-bow down the centerline, 14'4" measured along the gunwales transom to bow. But there are Niagaras I have personally seen and measured that are almost 15' measured on the centerline. And I saw a Carefree once (supposed to be 12') that measured 12'11" centerline.
Modern way to measure is centerline; from the wooden boat era (and the molds for these boats were struck from wood lapstrake hulls) one would measure along the top of the hull from furthest-forward bow-point to the stern.
Post a picture; a '62 Niagara is pretty distinctive when you look at the deck forward of the windshield.
