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A devoted husband who was forced to sell the Porsche his wife gifted him to pay for her dementia care has told how he was ripped off by a ruthless car dealer.
Hans Claassen from Montrose, Colorado, claims he is owed $112,000 by CPR Classic, which currently has dozens of lawsuits filed against it, NBC reports.
The Fallbrook-based dealership allegedly took in his silver Porsche 911 and agreed on a sale price of $135,000.
Claassen says he was told by the dealership's owner Andrea Doherty that the buyer backed out so he has been left without his money - but also his car.
'They're not telling me anything,' he told NBC. 'They're not keeping me updated with what's going on.'
Devoted husband Hans Classen, who was forced to sell the Porsche his wife gifted him 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 just started to pack up and the excuses,' he said.
But he was able to persuade Doherty to being a $10,000 a month repayment plan but that this dried up after the first installation.
'I really thought I had done a good job for Hans and I was pretty happy. And to have it turn out to be a lie, you know, he's, he's pretty fragile,' MacHale said.
He explained that Doherty went as far as providing 'fake tracking numbers' during the back and forth.
Classen was gifted the car by his late wife Christine in the spring of 1970 after he used up all his savings to buy her engagement ring.
Claassen from Montrose, Colorado, was gifted the silver Porsche 911 in the spring of 1970
Classen, pictured with his late wife, says he handed the vehicle over but never received the proceeds of the sale
'She felt like she kind of owed me something for that,' he explained.
The couple used the vehicle for the next 50 years and it was imbued with a lot of fond memories.
'I really loved that car. I have a lot of memories attached to that car, trips that my wife and I had made together,' Classen said.
The widow fears he has now joined the ranks of dozens of other CPR Classic customers who say they have also been cheated out of money and who have filed lawsuits.
An NBC investigation estimates that the complaints claims customers are owed $11,745,106 in total.
He claims he is owed $112,000 by CPR Classic, which currently has dozens of lawsuits filed against it
Some have been filed by sellers who say they were never given the proceeds of their sale, while some came from buyers who say they paid for vehicles which they never received.
CPR Classic describes itself as, 'a one-stop resource for complete restoration of classic Porsches' with more than 40 years' experience, which offers 'a handful of classic and rare Porsches for sale'.
DailyMail.com has contacted CPR Classic for comment.
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