jallopy; jalopy; jaloppie; jollopy; gillopy noun a cheap, dilapidated or old motor vehicle, especially a car US,1926
Of a weekend, there is nothing my companion and I like more [...] than to jump in the jalopy, put on some Penguin Cafe Orchestra and tootle along the coast road in search of the sleeping small towns of East Sussex[.] — TheGuardian, 25 November 2000