Who Built It?

The other day I noticed a new sight along US 50 – the main route to/from western shore of Chesapeake Bay to the Atlantic beaches of the Ocean City/Assateague Islands areas:

It’s the shell of a “stuffed and mounted” small airplane, turned into a permanent display at a gas station. (It’s missing landing gear, the engine, possibly part of the tail, the interior, so it’s permanently grounded without a significant renovation.) You can see it’s been anchored against the ever-present wind, to recessed concrete anchor points.

Since seeing it up close for the first time, one thing I’ve been wondering is “Who built it, and roughly when?” (Any/all manufacturer ID is long gone.) From my limited experience piloting small planes back in the late 1960’s and ’70’s, I initially thought of Navion and Ercoupe. But the general arrangement of the tail doesn’t match my memories of those brands, and the pic doesn’t look like what I can find on line.

So, if any of you out there are pilots familiar with general aviation aircraft, can you shed some light on this?

Thanks,

Mandy