I had a very similar problem on a 351c car, non-pantera. It would start and run ok slow, if I got into it at all, it would run poorly. Then, if I shut it off, it wouldn't restart for an hour or so. Fix turned out to be tons of corrosion on battery cable, points burned and not making solid contact.
YMMV.
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