"Clunker" not in OED?

[Garson O'Toole]

The photo shows a car model that I believe is old and out-of-date
compared to cars of the year 1930. Yet the car is drivable, and it
does not look dilapidated. It uses a stick instead of a steering
wheel, and the driver is not enclosed.

Someone with antique car expertise could judge the model year of the
"klunker" better than I could.
Garson

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 2/19/2011 03:56 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>>HIS HONOR RIDES柚ayor Frank Edwards as he appeared yesterday on his
>>mighty charger for the opening of the Automobile Show of 1930, with
>>Cap'n Dobbsie riding a "klunker," one of the show exhibits.
>>
>>The picture shows the mayor on a horse and the Captain in a car adjacent.
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> And does the picture show a clunker? Â  (If not,
> this is not an antedating! Â At least for the usual sense.)
>
> Joel
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