Since I’ve been done with finals since Tuesday, I came home to spend a few days at my parents’ place in Dunkirk, Ind. While I was home today, my dad was working to install a new 5-speed manual transmission in his 1957 Chevy Bel Air. I made a few pictures of his work as he uncovered some rust and interesting patchwork under the carpet in the interior of the car as cut a new hole in the floor for the shifter lever.
![The 57 Tom Brosher dangles a leg outside of his 1957 Chevy Bel Air as he looks to cut a hole in the floor of the car for the shifter of his new 5-speed manual transmission on Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Dunkirk, Ind.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/03_the57_050610.jpg)
![The 57 Tom Brosher works on a shifter for a new 5-speed manual transmission inside of his 1957 Chevy Bel Air on Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Dunkirk, Ind.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/08_the57_050610.jpg)
![The 57 Tom Brosher imagines where his shifter knob would be as he prepares to bolt a shifter lever to a new 5-speed manual transmission in his 1957 Chevy Bel Air on Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Dunkirk, Ind.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/06_the57_050610.jpg)
![The 57 Georgia Brosher waits for her husband Tom, lower right, to finish installing a new shifter for his 5-speed manual transmission in his 1957 Chevy Bel Air so he can come and eat supper on Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Dunkirk, Ind.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/11_the57_050610.jpg)
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