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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION - CEO
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                AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION

                  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                   18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                   AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
        SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ampco-Pittsburgh
Corporation (the "Corporation") on Form 10-Q for the period
ending June 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Robert A. Paul, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation,
certify to my knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
(including subsections (a) (b) and (c) thereof), as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of
               section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
               1934; and

          (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly
               presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
               and results of operations of the Corporation.










s/Robert A. Paul
Robert A. Paul
Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2002






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