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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Contrarian Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
411 West Putnam Avenue
Suite 225
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Harvard Industries, Inc.
HAVAV
3. IRS Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
9/99
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)to Issuer (Check all
applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title
below) (X) Other* (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
x Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of Security| 2. Transaction| 3. Transaction| 4. Securities | 5. Amount of | 6. Ownership |7. Nature of |
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | Acquired (A) | Securities | Form: | Indirect |
| | (Instr. 8) | or Disposed | Beneficially | Direct (D) | Beneficial|
| (Month/ | | of (D) | Owned at End | or Indirect| Ownership |
| Day/ | | (Instr. 3,4, | of Month | (I) | (Instr. 4)|
| Year) | | and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (Instr. 4) | |
| | | | |(A) or| | | | |
| | Code | V | Amount|(D) |Price| | | |
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Common Stock 803,300** I Investment
Manager
Common Stock 9/27/99 P 200,000*** A $6.50 2,244,519*** I General Partner
or Investment
Manager
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of | 2. Conver- | 3. Trans- | 4. Trans- | 5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- | 7. Title and Amount |
Derivative | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying |
Security | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities |
(Instr. 3) | Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. | Acquired | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) |
| Deri- | Date/ | 8) | (A) or | (Month/Day/ | |
| vative | Year) | | Disposed of | Year) | |
| Security | | | (D) (Instr. | | |
| | | | 3, 4 and 5) | | |
| | |____________|_________________|___________________|_____________________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Date | Expira- | | Amount or |
| | | | | | | Exer- | tion | | Number of |
| | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | cisable | Date | Title | Shares |
___________________|_____________|____________|______|_____|________|________|_________|_________|________|____________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
| 8. Price of | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
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| Derivative | derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 5) | Benefi- | Security | Ownership |
| | cially | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | Owned at | or Indirect | |
| | End of | (I) (Instr. | |
| | Month | 4) | |
| | (Instr. 4) | | |
|_______________________|___________________|___________________|________________________|
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Explanation of Responses:
* The Reporting Persons are investment advisers registered
under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and have
voting power and investment power with respect to securities in
their clients' accounts. A Managing Member of each of the
Reporting Persons is a member of the Board of Directors of
Harvard Industries, Inc.
** These securities are owned by investment advisory clients
of Contrarian Capital Advisors, L.L.C. ("CCA"). CCA disclaims
any beneficial ownership of any such securities except to the
extent of its pecuniary interest therein. Nonetheless, the
entire amount of securities held by the investment advisory
clients of CCA is reported herein.
*** These securities are owned by investment advisory clients
of Contrarian Capital Management, L.L.C. ("CCM"). CCM disclaims
any beneficial ownership of any such securities except to the
extent of its pecuniary interest therein. Nonetheless, the
entire amount of securities held by the investment advisory
clients of CCM is reported herein.
CONTRARIAN CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.
By: /s/ David E. Jackson October 12, 1999
___________________________________ _________________
David E. Jackson, Managing Member
**** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
78ff(a).
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Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed. If space is sufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.
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Joint Filer Information
Name: Contrarian Capital Management, L.L.C.
Address: 411 West Putnam Avenue
Suite 225
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Designated
Filer: Contrarian Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
Issuer: Harvard Industries, Inc.
Date of Event
Requiring
Statement: 9/99
Signature:
CONTRARIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Jon R. Bauer
_____________________________
Jon R. Bauer, Managing Member
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