crank at all, battery was good, power getting to the starter solenoid, etc. I wen to my FLAPS and got a generic starter. Put that starter in and noise is gone. Upon inspecting old starter, it looks like there was a problem with the solenoid as it would not hold the starter gear back (away from flywheel). I suspect turning right gave enough centrifugal force to allow the starter gear to come in contact with the flywheel. That's the only resolution I can come up with but noise is gone, car runs great and that's one chapter of this vehicle closed and hopefully never to arise again.
Yep - makes sense. That should fix it.