I drove a good distance once after my throttle cable broke by tying a piece of wire to the throttle linkage and pulling on the wire to operate the throttle.
Worked great.
Also had a car with a bad ignition switch that wouldn’t operate the starter solenoid, so I became quite adept at bridging the contacts with a big socket to start the car (had to do it from below). Eventually, I installed a switch on the dashboard to do the same thing.
Fishing line operated windshield wipers.
I drove a good distance once after my throttle cable broke by tying a piece of wire to the throttle linkage and pulling on the wire to operate the throttle.