A devoted husband who was forced to sell the Porsche his wife gave him as a gift to pay for her dementia care has told how he was ripped off by a ruthless car dealer.
Hans Claassen of Montrose, Colorado, claims CPR Classic owes him $112,000, with dozens of lawsuits currently pending against him. NBC defeated.
The Fallbrook dealer reportedly took his silver Porsche 911 and agreed on a sales price of $135,000.
Claassen says Andrea Doherty, owner of the dealership, told him the buyer had backed out and he now has no money – but no car either.
“They don’t tell me anything,” he told NBC. “They don’t keep me informed of what’s going on.”
Devoted husband Hans Classen, who was forced to sell the Porsche his wife gave him as a gift to pay for her dementia care, has told how he was ripped off by a ruthless car dealer
Classen turned to Mark MacHale, a volunteer who works with seniors who had helped him in the past.
“The lies and excuses started piling up,” he said.
However, he was able to convince Doherty to set up a $10,000 per month payment plan, but this plan dried up after the initial setup.
“I really thought I had done a good job for Hans and I was pretty happy. And for it to turn out to be a lie, you know, he’s, he’s pretty vulnerable,” MacHale said.
He explained that Doherty even went so far as to provide “fake tracking numbers” during communications.
Classen received the car as a gift from his late wife Christine in the spring of 1970, after he had spent all his savings buying her engagement ring.
Claassen of Montrose, Colorado, was given the silver Porsche 911 as a gift 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 car for the next 50 years and had many fond memories of it.
“I really loved that car. I have a lot of memories of that car, trips my wife and I took together,” Classen said.
The widow fears he is now one of dozens of other CPR Classic customers who say they have also been scammed and have filed lawsuits.
NBC’s investigation found that customers are owed a total of $11,745,106, according to the complaints.
He claims CPR Classic owes him $112,000, while dozens of lawsuits are currently filed against him
Some claims are filed by sellers who say they never received the proceeds from their sales, while other claims come from buyers who say they paid for vehicles but never received them.
CPR Classic describes itself as ‘a one-stop shop for the complete restoration of classic Porsches’ with over 40 years of experience, offering ‘a handful of classic and rare Porsches for sale’.
DailyMail.com has contacted CPR Classic for comment.