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A Bowden Cable-Control System relies on a flexible, sheathed steel inner push-pull wire to link a mechanical dashboard control lever or knob directly to a remote mechanism. In vintage wiper applications before full wiring harnesses took over, the Bowden cable operated a physical sliding mechanical switch plate on electric wiper frames or physically pulled open a valve on a vacuum-powered or power steering hydraulic-powered wiper motor to control fluid and pressure limits.
Cars & Trucks Utilizing Bowden Cable-Controlled Wiper Switches
These platforms utilize standard steel transmission rods or linkage pivots, but use a physical mechanical dashboard Bowden push-pull cable to physically toggle the remote wiper assembly mechanism.
General Motors (Vintage Bowden Applications)
- 1953–1956 Chevrolet Passenger Cars: Mid-tier models (including the Bel Air, 150, and 210 configurations) featured dashboard rotary dials hooked to a Bowden cable running through the firewall to mechanical sliding terminal contacts.
- 1950–1954 Buick Series 40 / 50 / 70: Classic Super and Roadmaster platforms used an under-dash Buick Windshield Wiper Control Cable Assembly that pulled a slider plate to actuate the Trico vacuum valve housing.
- 1954–1956 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight / Ninety-Eight: Utilized a steel Bowden layout hooked directly from the instrument cluster bezel to firewall-mounted accessory brackets.
Ford Motor Company
- 1959–1960 Ford Passenger Cars: The Galaxie, Fairlane 500, Custom 300, and Ranchero platforms utilized a dashboard slide knob that controlled a Bowden Cable directly into the Cardone 40-1096 Electric Motor terminal slider bracket.
- 1955–1957 Ford Thunderbird: Early two-seater sports car packages integrated tight mechanical slide switch lines under the dash cluster to bypass direct wiring routing.
- 1961–1965 Ford Thunderbird (Hydraulic Systems): Used a highly unique system where a Bowden control cable ran from the dashboard directly to a hydraulic valve block. This valve controlled the flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid coming off the power steering pump to drive the wiper assembly.
Classic Import Sports Cars & Commercial Equipment
- 1954–1959 Porsche 356 Pre-A / 356A: Early European sports cars (including Speedster, Coupe, and Cabriolet lines) famously relied on specialized multi-length SWF Wiper Motors with Bowden Control Cables running straight to a dashboard pull-knob assembly.
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These
new and re-man parts are from the Toohey Parts Collection
All
parts from the warehouse are NOS from the 50 to the late 90s, most are
original
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"A
better built part in our opinion"
About Toohey Parts collection
These parts came from an abandoned warehouse in Louisville
Kentucky, after G.W. Toohey closed his 15 parts stores in the Kentucky area in
2001
We collected and shipped close to 200,000.00 new and reman
N.O.S. parts from this Warehouse.
The Toohey parts stores were closed in 2001 and the parts we
have for sale are all new or remanufactured parts from the 60s, 70s, 80s and
90s.
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If you're into classic car parts built or remanufactured
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