Sideboard Restoration Help

I've started fixing up an old sideboard that we were given about 25 years ago. It was painted, which was starting to peel due to it sitting in our carport for years. I didn't think it would be anything special, so was just going to repaint it, until I started taking the paint off & found the silky oak panels in the doors. Can anybody tell me what timber it is made from & how old it might be. Apart from the dovetailed drawer fronts, it is all nailed construction. It has M.C. & Co. Ltd stamped into the back panel.

Unfortunately I started removing the old paint with a heat gun & have left a couple of scortch marks on the RH door:doh: Is there any way to remove or lighten these? I intend to finish it with Wipe on Poly.

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I suspect the panels on the doors are plywood. If this is the case, then you won't be able to sand too far to remove the burnt timber fibres. If you can't sand it out - perhaps you maybe able to remove the panel and rotate it so the burnt area is facing inside the cabinet, Alternatively you could tint the wipe on poly to help disguise the burn marks.

Well, nearly two months & 250 views & not even one suggestion as to what timber it might be. Is there any more information I can supply that might be usefull in helping identify what timber it is? I did take one of the doors to work & showed the esteemed Fletty & he thinks it might be Pacific Maple, but he's not sure.