[Coach]

Well I wanted to bring this one full circle.

Lessons learned:

1) Sound travels - when sitting in the drivers seat, that clunk you hear from the right front wheel could be coming from anywhere in the car.

2) When you deliberately leave a set of bolts loose during a multi-year restoration, TAG THEM. Use anything you need to, but put a note on there reminding you to look at them in 3 or 4 years when you button up the project.

3) When trying to find a loose suspension component, it is MUCH easier to do it on a four post, drive up lift, then it is laying on your back with the suspension hanging in the air.

I finally broke down and took the car over to a friend's garage, he got in the passenger's seat hung his head over the side of the car and said it sounded like the noise was coming from the rear of the car, not the front. We got it up on his four post lift and sure enough when we started to bounce it up and down I could see the bolts shifting on the rear end struts. I now remember not torquing them down as I was thinking about swapping out rear ends and didn't want to fight them later. We spent 20 minutes going over every bolt on the suspension and motor/trans mounts, these seem to be the only ones I left loose.

The car is now silent to drive, the "looseness" is gone on the road, and life is good. Well pretty good, the voltage regulator when wacko on the ride home, so I have to figure that one out, but at least I can drive the car without wondering if the whole front end is going to fall off!

Again, thanks for all the support,
Harry