Electrical Short - What Just Happened?!

and all electrical was dead.
ALL as in everything inside the car? grab your meter & seperate the bulkhead & see if the fusible link has continuity then reinstall bulkhead & go inside & check the ammeter connections. that'd get you started & holler back when you can. EDIT I'd clean the bulkhead terminals while you are at it. MORE EDIT I got sidetracked from K.I S.S.: clicking is classic-starter not recieving enough voltage, are you SURE the large cables/terminals are clean (including ground path-starter to block and neg cable from block to batt neg post) and the batt IS good correct?