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Subject: [Healeys] Reunited with Dad's Healey
From: HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:44:13 -0400
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>From yesterday's Buffalo auction:

A 1962 Austin-Healey is back in the Maraschiello family fold.
The sports car was owned by the Maraschiellos from 1972 to 1989, and then
sold to the late Dr. A. Alexander Drapanas, a local dentist who was also a
vintage car collector.
On Saturday, Frank Maraschiello, a Buffalo public school teacher, fulfilled
a dream to reacquire the car by buying it at an auction of Drapanas=E2=80=
=99 cars
in Allentown. It was his father=E2=80=99s pride and joy, but he only drove =
it out
of the garage once.
=E2=80=9CI paid more than I thought I would have, to, but it was well worth=
 it,=E2=80=9D
said Maraschiello, after outbidding a collector from England. He declined
to reveal the amount.
Maraschiello said he can=E2=80=99t wait to get his father=E2=80=99s sports =
car on the road,
after restoring it from top to bottom.
=E2=80=9CIf you=E2=80=99re not a car person, you don=E2=80=99t understand, =
but that was the most
fun I had with my dad, working on cars together and growing up with him,=E2=
=80=9D
Maraschiello said.
He also plans to wear a driving cap his father wore while sitting behind
the wheel of the Austin-Healey, smoking a cigar.
=E2=80=9CThere is a certain bond with some cars, and that car has a great k=
arma,
and I know it=E2=80=99s just going to be a great car,=E2=80=9D Maraschiello=
 said.
He added: =E2=80=9CMy father will get his first real ride with me driving i=
t.=E2=80=9D
The most expensive sale at the Drapanas auction, as expected, was for a
1947 Delahaye.
It sold for $285,000, one of 53 automobiles and 241 total lots auctioned
Saturday.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-regi...ction-20150822
<http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/son-retrieves-fathers-dream-car-at-=
drapanas-auction-20150822>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">From yesterday&#39;s Buffalo auction:<div><br></div><div><=
font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Ge=
neva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span sty=
le=3D"font-family:Georgia">A 1962 Austin-Healey is back in the Maraschiello=
 family fold.</span></font><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Ver=
dana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color=
:rgb(250,250,250)"><font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Ari=
al,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250=
,250,250)"><span style=3D"font-family:Georgia">The sports car was owned by =
the Maraschiellos from 1972 to 1989, and then sold to the late Dr. A. Alexa=
nder Drapanas, a local dentist who was also a vintage car collector.</span>=
</font><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Ca=
libri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><=
font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Ge=
neva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span sty=
le=3D"font-family:Georgia">On Saturday, Frank Maraschiello, a Buffalo publi=
c school teacher, fulfilled a dream to reacquire the car by buying it at an=
 auction of Drapanas=E2=80=99 cars in Allentown. It was his father=E2=80=99=
s pride and joy, but he only drove it out of the garage once.</span></font>=
<br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,G=
eneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font co=
lor=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sa=
ns-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span style=3D"f=
ont-family:Georgia">=E2=80=9CI paid more than I thought I would have, to, b=
ut it was well worth it,=E2=80=9D said Maraschiello, after outbidding a col=
lector from England. He declined to reveal the amount.</span></font><br sty=
le=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,s=
ans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font color=3D"=
#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-seri=
f;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span style=3D"font-fam=
ily:Georgia">Maraschiello said he can=E2=80=99t wait to get his father=E2=
=80=99s sports car on the road, after restoring it from top to bottom.</spa=
n></font><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,=
Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"=
><font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,=
Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family:Georgia">=E2=80=9CIf you=E2=80=99re not a car person, y=
ou don=E2=80=99t understand, but that was the most fun I had with my dad, w=
orking on cars together and growing up with him,=E2=80=9D Maraschiello said=
.</span></font><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,T=
ahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250=
,250)"><font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Ca=
libri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><=
span style=3D"font-family:Georgia">He also plans to wear a driving cap his =
father wore while sitting behind the wheel of the Austin-Healey, smoking a =
cigar.</span></font><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Ar=
ial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(25=
0,250,250)"><font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Taho=
ma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,25=
0)"><span style=3D"font-family:Georgia">=E2=80=9CThere is a certain bond wi=
th some cars, and that car has a great karma, and I know it=E2=80=99s just =
going to be a great car,=E2=80=9D Maraschiello said.</span></font><br style=
=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,san=
s-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font color=3D"#0=
00000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;=
font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:Georgia">He added: =E2=80=9CMy father will get his first real ride with m=
e driving it.=E2=80=9D</span></font><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-f=
amily:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;backgro=
und-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Ve=
rdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-colo=
r:rgb(250,250,250)"><span style=3D"font-family:Georgia">The most expensive =
sale at the Drapanas auction, as expected, was for a 1947 Delahaye.</span><=
/font><br style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Cal=
ibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><f=
ont color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Gen=
eva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:Georgia">It sold for $285,000, one of 53 automobiles and 2=
41 total lots auctioned Saturday.<br><br><a href=3D"http://www.buffalonews.=
com/city-region/son-retrieves-fathers-dream-car-at-drapanas-auction-2015082=
2" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(18,84,120);text-decoration:none">ht=
tp://www.buffalonews.com/city-regi...ction-20150822</a></span></font><br></=
div></div>

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