Originally Posted by
roadrunner2012
The letter 'Y'.
The OP was buying modern road bike brake cables for an antiquated upright bar brake. Every drop bar brake since the 60's, with minor exceptions, has used a mushroom cable end.
To use modern cable with what he has, he would need mountain bike brake cables, and have to sand them down.
News flash, his derailleur cables probably take different ends, too.
Geesh
No geesh necessary. I was quite sincere in the "not to be abrasive" part. I am still perplexed, though. Did you think by "our" he meant all of C&V? FWIW I think most people read "our" to mean his family's, which is why "your" in your post would mean the same thing.