Spent Saturday morning with John the Marine out north of Wentzville, we put the HSD up on ramps, poked, prodded, evaluated, etc.  After he heard me start the car a couple of times, his verdict: possible/probable damage to the teeth on both starter and flywheel, time to replace the starter, flywheel and clutch.

Which we’ll do w/in a couple of months, probably after I get back from Texas.  Ah well, I may still fire the car up for Cars & Coffee next weekend but otherwise, time to resume my acquaintance with British Parts Northwest…