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30 year old gauges are at best....a wild a$$ guess.

Using a voltmeter/Fluke/Multimeter reading at the terminals a FULLY charged battery.

12.5v at rest
13.0 at idle
13.5-14.5 at 2500 rpms
Anything more than that....you'll end up cooking the battery as the volt regulator is likely bad.
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