"Clunker" not in OED?

[Sam Clements]

The car in question was an Oldsmobile of approximately 1900-1905.

Sam Clements

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From: "Garson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
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Subject: Re: "Clunker" not in OED?


> The photo shows a car model that I believe is old and out-of-date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.
>>
>> And does the picture show a clunker?   (If not,
>> this is not an antedating!  At least for the usual sense.)
>>
>> Joel
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