Diamond in the rough of the week

I get it and when it starts to pass like it did for me, you may find someone to drive 1500 miles to buy one of the shastas?

My goal is to find a round tail Shasta Compact. 

Can't find them around here, so I bought a toaster and converting it to a ham.
Whitney

Hamlet is round and tall, but we made him tall. My hubby did a freehand template for the frame and for the extra several inches of skin.  There’s a pretty good picture in the recent “Meet Hamlet” thread.

Saw on FB where a guy in Louisville did it to a '72 Compact.  I said hmmmm.
Wanted to use the original skins (why? I don't know, I'm just weird that way)
I had one wall frame rebuild to original already when I decided to do it.  Laid the wall on my "table" (barrels), attached the skin, covered it with kraft paper, used fish rods (not fishing poles) to get my curve, traced it onto the paper, and used the image of a '63 Compact to go by.
Here's an example:


Had to re-do the back curve so the wings would mount right.


Never have been accused of having the brightest ideas...
Here's the link to the rest of the 67 Shasta pics if you're interested:67 Shasta Compact Journey
I can't find my current pictures with the shellac'd birch,  but heavens, you all know what that looks like by now!
Whitney

Since first generation compacts are so hard to find maybe I will just have to make my own from a second generation. 

I will have to start keeping my eyes open for one that has a good set of metal, windows and frame and some of he guts inside that I can reuse. 

But I just got this feeling that the moment I buy one and get half way into it one of those a real one will come along.