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Muscle car auction halted after possible owner discovered

Bids for the classic car approached $60,000.

Credit: AP

In a May 21, 2019 handout photo from the Leelanau County Sheriff, a 1969 Plymouth GTX convertible is seen. The sheriff's office in northern Michigan is auctioning some rare muscle. Undersheriff Steve Morgan says the car probably was stored for decades and the odometer shows less than 21,000 miles. The two-door GTX is known as a muscle car for its powerful engine. The car was abandoned in a storage building that has changed hands a few times, northwest of Traverse City. Morgan says investigators searched the vehicle's identification number but couldn't find an owner. (Leelanau County Sheriff via AP)

SUTTONS BAY, Mich. (AP) — A northern Michigan sheriff's office has halted an auction of a 1969 Plymouth GTX convertible it considered abandoned after a possible owner was discovered.

The Leelanau County Sheriff's Office announced Monday on Facebook the auction was suspended after the 13th Circuit Court issued a temporary restraining order against it. It says that after the auction began June 5, a possible owner came forward to claim the vehicle.

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MLive.com reports bids for the classic red muscle car with a white roof were approaching $60,000.

Undersheriff Steve Morgan said June 4 the car probably was stored for decades and was abandoned in a storage building that has changed hands a few times, northwest of Traverse City. Morgan says investigators searched the vehicle's identification number but couldn't find an owner.

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