`SPEED' BUS OWNER FINDS MEMORABILIA TOO COSTLY.Byline: Eve Mitchell San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. The double-whammy of taxes due and no parking is forcing the owner of a bus that played a starring role in the movie ``Speed'' to auction off her celebrity vehicle. Laurel Garces of Pacifica won the 1967 General Motors bus in a phone-in contest held last November when the action film was broadcast on the Fox television network. Even though it's a real piece of Hollywood memorabilia, there's no room to put it in the parking lot of the oceanfront o·cean·front n. Land bordering an ocean: Condominiums crowd the oceanfront. Noun 1. oceanfront - land bordering an ocean condo where Garces lives with her husband and their 6-year-old son. Since it arrived from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on a flatbed truck A flatbed truck is a type of truck which can be either articulated or rigid. It has an entirely flat, level body with absolutely no sides or roof. This allows for quick and easy loading of goods, and consequently they are used to transport heavy loads that are not delicate or , the bus has been stored in Hayward. ``I don't have a good place to keep it,'' the 31-year-old Skyline Community College student and cosmetics saleswoman said. There's also the tax bite. The taxes have to be paid because the feds view the bus, which a Fox spokesman said was valued at $16,000, as miscellaneous income. ``I don't have the money to pay the taxes,'' Garces said. Now, Garces says she has no choice but to conduct a mail-in auction to unload To remove a program from memory or take a tape or disk out of its drive. the bus, which has also appeared in six other films. The 40-foot bus was one of nine buses used in the filming of `Speed,'' which starred Sandra Bullock bullock a mature castrated male cattle destined for meat production or draft. and Keanu Reeves. The 1994 film's plot line was driven by a big-city bus that a villain wired to blow up if its speed dropped below 50 mph. Four buses ended up getting destroyed during filming. But Garces's bus cruised the freeways for external shots, avoiding the spectacular stunts and crashes. ``It runs; it will need a new starter if it's going to be driven regularly, but it runs in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile ,'' Garces said. ``It's in excellent shape. It looks beautiful.'' There is no requirement of a minimum bid for the bus auction, and all offers will be accepted from now until Feb. 10, Garces said. Free delivery would apply only to a buyer who lives in the Bay Area, she added. Garces declined to say whether she would accept the highest bid if it was lower than expected. She did say that Planet Hollywood had expressed interest in buying the bus. Anyone interested in submitting a bid on the bus or obtaining more information about it can write to Speed Bus Auction, PO Box 1394, Pacifica CA 94044. |
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