The chain made a loud clacking sound.
That is the exact word to describe the problem, noglider. And it is noisy, unbelievably noisy.
The noise seems to be coming from the chain-ring engagement. I have tried two
I have tired three freewheels plus the "as found" one that worked. The others, not a chance although I did get an Italian freewheel in the mail today. I did not get a chance to work on the bike, other than to strip it down and get the string set up.
Tomorrow is Sunday, my self assigned do what I want to do bike day. I will get up, when I get up, and work on the Torpado, making sure that the frame is straight.
Like noglider, this problem has me, pretty much, stumped but that is OK. I like the need to figure things out. Nothing at the dump today but I did get three packages in the mail - NOS Universal hoods, a five speed Italian freewheel and a third package of something that works well in happy hour.