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In 1958 some relative came to visit Bert and Iva in Wausau, Wisconsin. He brought along a hot little thing that Bert just couldn't resist taking a picture of. Kudos to the first who can identify the make and model of this car. He sure looks like he's having fun, though. No tie! Crazy kids. Kodachrome from the Bert's Slides Collection. View full size.
His right hand is covering most of the name, but you can see the "RA" and the final "R" of the name "RAPIER" that his hand is covering up. This one has the antenna in the same place as the picture at:
www.sunbeamrapier.com/gallery/series-1-02.jpg
which is different from the Wikipedia picture.
for 1958 and he would fit in perfectly today.
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