Hi Jack, It only occurred to me that a lot of people may not even know what a Bowden cable is these days? The name has gone out of fashion to some extent. Most people refer to them simply as "throttle cables" now. So your link to Bowden cables is timely I feel.
I also have a habit of ranting on about Conwire controls at times and few people understand what I'm on about. Those little plastic controls were used on just about everything that had a throttle in the 1960s, and had become the cheaper alternative to the older type of chrome levers. They were however a bit weak and prone to cracking and breaking. The clamp also had a bad habit of letting go and was difficult to tighten without damaging the plastic around it. But you still find a lot of them on old mowers today and many still work.
