Truck repair shop owner shows off historic military plane collection

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  • Dan Bissell, owner of Bissell Auto & Body, poses for a portrait in front an engine of a Grumman S-2 Tracker stored at Bissell Auto & Body truck repair in St. Louis on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. Bissell has been buying surplus military planes and helicopters for 25 years. He has a collection of parts from nearly whole planes to wings to engines and landing gear from 26 aircraft he purchased from government auctions. He has both American and Soviet military hardware. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
  • Dan Bissell stands on an F-105 jet stored at Bissell Auto & Body truck repair on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. Bissell, the owner of Bissell Auto & Body, has been buying surplus military planes and helicopters for 25 years. He has a collection of parts from nearly whole planes to wings to engines and landing gear from 26 aircraft he purchased from government auctions. He has both American military and Soviet military hardware. Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
  • This Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 photo shows a Grumman S-2 Tracker stored at Bissell Auto & Body truck repair on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis. Dan Bissell, the owner of Bissell Auto & Body, has been buying surplus military planes and helicopters for 25 years. He has a collection of parts from nearly whole planes to wings to engines and landing gear from 26 aircraft he purchased from government auctions. He has both American military and Soviet military hardware. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
  • This Thursday Nov. 16, 2017 photo shows a Piasecki H-21 flying banana and an OV-1 Mohawk stored at Bissell Auto & Body truck repair on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis. Dan Bissell, the owner of Bissell Auto & Body truck repair, has been buying surplus military planes and helicopters for 25 years. He has collection of parts from hulls to wings to engines and landing gear from 26 aircraft he purchased from government auctions. He has both American military and Soviet military hardware. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
  • This Thursday Nov. 16, 2017 photo shows a hatch on a Grumman S-2 Tracker stored at Bissell Auto & Body truck repair on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis. Dan Bissell, the owner of Bissell Auto & Body, has been buying surplus military planes and helicopters for 25 years. He has a collection of parts from nearly whole planes to wings to engines and landing gear from 26 aircraft he purchased from government auctions. He has both American military and Soviet military hardware. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
  • This Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 photo shows the cockpit of a Soviet MiG-17 stored at Bissell Auto & Body truck repair on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis. Dan Bissell, the owner of Bissell Auto & Body, has been buying surplus military planes and helicopters for 25 years. He has a collection of parts from nearly whole planes to wings to engines and landing gear from 26 aircraft he purchased from government auctions. He has both American military and Soviet military hardware. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
  • This Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 photo shows engine throttle controllers in the cockpit of a B-52 bomber stored at Bissell Auto & Body truck repair on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis. Dan Bissell, the owner of Bissell Auto & Body, has been buying surplus military planes and helicopters for 25 years. He has a collection of parts from nearly whole planes to wings to engines and landing gear from 26 aircraft he purchased from government auctions. He has both American military and Soviet military hardware. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)