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Originally posted by Razorback1980
Could be an alternator...but when he said it would shut off and then start right back up a few moments later, that led me to believe that the battery was still charged but wasn't getting power to the car for a short period of time. One other possibility I thought of later was the possibility of a switch key.
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When the alternator died in my '85, after sitting roadside, the battery "rests" from its discharge, and chemicly is then capable of giving enough discharge to start the car again. If his headlights are still bright, then that probably isn't the problem. (You can see them get dimmer as the car dies).