A devoted husband who was forced to sell the Porsche his wife gave him to pay for her dementia care has told how he was scammed by a ruthless car salesman.
Hans Claassen of Montrose, Colorado, claims he is owed $112,000 by CPR Classic and currently has dozens of lawsuits filed against him. NBC information.
The Fallbrook-based dealer reportedly picked up his silver Porsche 911 and agreed to a sale price of $135,000.
Claassen says dealership owner Andrea Doherty told him the buyer backed out and he was left without his money, but also without his car.
“They’re not telling me anything,” he told NBC. “They’re not keeping me informed of what’s going on.”
Devoted husband Hans Classen, who was forced to sell the Porsche his wife gave him to pay for her dementia care, has told how he was scammed by a ruthless car salesman.
Classen turned to Mark MacHale, a volunteer who works with seniors and had helped him in the past.
“The lies and excuses started to appear,” he said.
But he managed to persuade Doherty to agree to a $10,000-a-month payment plan, but this ran out after the first installation.
“I really thought I had done a good job for Hans and I was very happy. But for it to all turn out to be a lie, he is quite fragile,” MacHale said.
He explained that Doherty went so far as to provide “fake tracking numbers” during the exchange.
Classen received the car as a gift from his late wife Christine in the spring of 1970, after spending all his savings to buy her an engagement ring.
Claassen, of Montrose, Colorado, took delivery of the silver Porsche 911 in the spring of 1970.
Classen, pictured with his late wife, says he handed over the vehicle but never received the proceeds from the sale.
“She felt like she owed me something for that,” he explained.
The couple used the vehicle for the next 50 years and it was filled with many fond memories.
“I loved that car. I have a lot of memories associated with it, from the trips my wife and I took together,” Classen said.
The widow fears she has now joined the ranks of dozens of other CPR Classic customers who say they have also been scammed and have filed lawsuits.
An NBC investigation estimates that the complaints claim customers are owed a total of $11,745,106.
He claims CPR Classic owes him $112,000 and currently has dozens of lawsuits filed against him.
Some of these lawsuits have been filed by sellers who say they never received the proceeds of their sales, while others come from buyers who say they paid for vehicles they never received.
CPR Classic describes itself as “a one-stop resource for complete classic Porsche restoration” with over 40 years of experience, offering “a handful of classic and rare Porsches for sale.”
DailyMail.com has contacted CPR Classic for comment.