Flicka5,
That could very well be possible, I didn't know whether or not a tail number could be changed or not. Bob Banka has the following photo packs listed on his web site:
white/ silver tail no. N124BM
white/ red tail no. N37HM
an OM-1 tail no. N124BM in aluminum ( same as above?)
then labeled 2000 ( date of photos?) white/ yellow tail no. N58789
So if the plane owned by Hazel is at the museum ( N37HM, probably named that for Hester, Maxey her husband) then one could assume that the tail number N58789 is indeed a different bird. So maybe we have 2 of them? I also saw the steel tube fuse for sale, I believe it is from the flying club at the North Las Vegas Airport, also where ops were set up when Morrisey owned the company and was producing kits and supposedly completed aircraft for sale. It's getting more interesting all the time! The research is half the fun in scale birds! I have sent emails to the museum in Iowa and to Bruce Tharp as well requesting info, as stated above, but so far no response. I also ordered the reprint of the EAA article mentioned above today, and it is still $5.00 for non members if anyone is interested.
Thanks for all the help so far,
Bryan