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I've seen batteries read 12. something volts and when you look at the percentage of charge they have is something like half.

It could be you have one bad cell in the battery.

That usually shows as a battery that won't hold a charge over 11.5 to 11.8 volts or so but these things aren't high tech devices.

Nothing for nothing either but the Pantera is one of the...not better cars for quality of chassis grounding. I've also had rebuilt Ford starters that if you put them on the bench and test them with a full battery will jump. When you put them in the car, they don't have enough power to turn over a hot engine.

I use a Titlton race starter in some of my cars. So far that thing has not created problems, and turns the engines like a catagory 5 tornado every time.