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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950142-96-000079.txt : 19960401
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950142-96-000079
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19960325
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		19960329
SROS:			NYSE
SROS:			PHLX

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000006176
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL FANS & BLOWERS & AIR PURIFYING EQUIP [3564]
		IRS NUMBER:				251117717
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00898
		FILM NUMBER:		96541666

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 GRANT ST STE 4600
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15219
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4124564400

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SCREW & BOLT CORP OF AMERICA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710518
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                   WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                    ____________________

                          FORM 8-K

                       CURRENT REPORT


           PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  MARCH 25, 1996


                AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
   (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




  PENNSYLVANIA                     1-898                         25-1117717
(State or other               (Commission                   (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of               File Number)                  Identification No.)
incorporation)



      600 GRANT STREET, SUITE 4600, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA    15219
             (Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (412) 456-4400





<PAGE>


ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

          On  March  25, 1996, the Registrant issued a press release, the

text of which is incorporated  herein by reference and a copy of which is

attached as Exhibit 1 hereto.





<PAGE>


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

          Exhibit  1  --Press Release  of  Ampco-Pittsburgh  Corporation,

                       dated March 25, 1996.



<PAGE>


                          SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, the Registrant has duly  caused  this  report  to  be signed on its

behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                    AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION



Date: March 29, 1996       BY:    /S/ ROSE HOOVER
                           -----------------------------
                           Rose Hoover, Secretary








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AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
600 Grant Street, Suite 4600, Pittsburgh, PA 15219  (412) 456-4400


CONTACT:

Ronald W. Hasek
Manager Marketing Services
(412) 456-4459


                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          PITTSBURGH,   PA,   March  25,  1996  .  .  .  Ampco-Pittsburgh

Corporation (NYSE:  AP) announced  today  that  its  Board  of  Directors

(including  a  majority of its independent directors) approved a purchase

by The Louis Berkman  Company  of  500,000  shares of the Common Stock of

Ampco-Pittsburgh  in  a  broker arranged transaction  with  an  unrelated

shareholder.  Louis Berkman,  Chairman  of  the Board of Ampco-Pittsburgh

Corporation,  had  requested  permission for such  purchase  pursuant  to

Ampco-Pittsburgh's Shareholder Rights Plan.  Mr. Berkman had obtained the

necessary  clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino  Antitrust  Improvements

Act last May.  The purchase of 500,000 shares would increase the interest

of Mr. Berkman (directly and through The Louis Berkman Company) in Ampco-

Pittsburgh from 19.2% to 24.45% of the shares outstanding.

          Under the Shareholder Rights Plan, if the independent directors

approve an acquisition  of  shares  that  would  result  in a shareholder

owning 20% or more of the outstanding shares, certain provisions  of  the

Plan are not triggered.

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