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Mr Petitjean started purchasing the finest motorcars he could in the late 1960s.
Instead of making conservative investments in life insurance, mutual funds, or real estate, he put all his savings into the collection.
Though considered an unconventional strategy at the time, Petitjean's decision helped him to avoid the worldwide savings and loan scandal and the European debt crisis altogether.