Mistery Solved... the Clinking was real...

Great effort to investigate, I applaud your willingness to DIY the door panels as they are not that much different than many common production cars - many of the same techniques are used in Toyotas, Hondas, Audis etc and that is how I learned.

So it was the rear window carrier that became dislodged due to a cap bolt that backed off?
I'm not completely clear on what it screws into, either a tapped hole or fastener, but you may want to consider using loctite blue (242) when you reattach it.

 

Claudio- Next time a lock washer will help and not be as difficult to remove as locktite.

Incidentally, if I were you, I would just post the photos rather than linking them. That way in the future if your website is deleted or altered, someone could still use the photos from the site to help them with a repair. If you look closely as you post photos, you will notice you can start out with quite large photos in jpeg format and the attachments software will lower the size automatically to less than 100 kbs, usually around 50 kbs, when it uploads. Memory halves Moore's Law, which says processor speed doubles every 18 months or so. The price of memory is being halved every 6-9 months. I have 1 TB external hard drive for which I paid only $100. Last year they were $200+. Just saw a 2 TB external drive for $200. With internal and external drives, I have 4 TBs of memory for my PC, most of it taken up with extremely high res WW-I aviation photos.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

Taz, I thought Moore's law was "If more's good, too much is just right!"

 

Lee- I think that was Moore's Law of Female Companionship. That was eventually trumped by Mrs Moore's Law of Emasculation.

Taz
Terry Phillips