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Thanks for all the tips.

Scott: You may be right in that everything could be normal for the system that it is, and my alternator could just be the lower voltage type. Here is a photo I took about a year ago, but not sure if just a visual would determine amps or if there is a number on it or something: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1...426@N07/12080096356/

George: I did get a new regulator from autozone, put it on and all symptoms were the same with that one hooked up. Car has real strong crank when I start it, but I will probably have it load tested anyway to be sure. I can let it sit for at least 2 weeks with battery shut off switch, and it still starts right up strong. But I am with you on the retirement thing...one more year for me, and then I can stay home & tinker. Maybe then I would enjoy it more with time to tinker rather than seeing it as a chore trying to fix stuff.

Doug: My Group 4 car isn't one of the Hall Super Pantera's built by Hall, as it was a custom build with Kuntz & Craft build on the engine. I just checked my files on the build, but it didn't say anything about the alternator type or amps.

One thing I still find odd however, is how my Amp meter on the dash jumps around rather violent when going from idle to about 1,500 RPM, and then seems to calm down at 1,500+ RPM. That just doesn't seem normal to me, but who knows. You can see it in youtube below, about 1/2 way through the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8R0kxkM0nU