You haven't heard from me in a while, but right after My last posting I developed a problem in the starting circuit that prevented me from starting the car and moving it inside to work on and also needed to vacation at the hospital for a bit.
Good news is I'm out, the car is starting and I found the cause of the drive train noise. Following your advise I raised one side of the car at a time, testing the wheels for play((wheel bearings), The axles for play(c-v joints), spinning each wheel for noise, brake calipers/rotors, trailing arms, etc. I could find nothing amiss, until that is , I noticed out the corner of my eye that while the drivers side wheel and axle were spinning smoothly the inner c-v joint remained stationary. It turns out I do have a broken cage in the joint. Never had one go bad that didn't have sloppy axle play and obvious grinding when turned by hand. Just glad I spotted it. I was getting ready to drop the drive train figuring it had to be in the trans-axle or clutch assembly. Thanks again for all the input! I might just get to a club event this year after all.