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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 13F-E
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03/31/1997
Institutional Investment Manager:
MUHLENKAMP & COMPANY
12300 PERRY HIGHWAY
WEXFORD PA 15090
I REPRESENT THAT I AM AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THIS FORM AND
THAT ALL INFORMATION IN THIS FORM AND THE ATTACHMENTS TO IT
IS TRUE, CORRECT AND COMPLETE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL
REQUIRED ITEMS, STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES ARE INTEGRAL PARTS
OF THIS FORM AND THAT THE SUBMISSION OF ANY AMENDMENT
REPRESENTS THAT ALL UNAMENDED ITEMS, STATEMENTS AND
SCHEDULES REMAIN TRUE, CORRECT AND COMPLETE AS PREVIOUSLY
SUBMITTED.
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
/S/ JOHN H. KUNKLE TREASURER 4/11/97
VALUE INVSTMT VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE(x$100SHARES DSCRETMGRS SOLE SHARED NONE
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D Adv. Tech. Materials Inc. COM 7 400SH SOLE 400
D Aetna Life & Cas. COM 104 1213SH SOLE 1213
D Air Express Int'l COM 3008 94729SH SOLE 94729
D Allegheny Teledyne Inc. COM 31 1100SH SOLE 1100
D Allstate Insurance Grp. COM 10 175SH SOLE 175
D Alphanet Solutions COM 13 1000SH SOLE 1000
D Amer. Bankers Ins. Grp. COM 1202 24650SH SOLE 24650
D Armstrong World COM 3335 51500SH SOLE 51500
D Atmel Corp COM 7 300SH SOLE 300
D BE Aerospace Inc COM 807 32950SH SOLE 32950
D Bank of Boston COM 23 350SH SOLE 350
D BankAmerica Corp COM 40 400SH SOLE 400
D Belmont Homes Inc. COM 149 19600SH SOLE 19600
D Bristol Myers Squibb COM 24 400SH SOLE 400
D Burlington Northern Santa FCOM 1472 19891SH SOLE 19891
D Callaway Golf COM 15 500SH SOLE 500
D Chase Manhattan Crp COM 1597 17008SH SOLE 17008
D Chips & Technologies Inc COM 21 2000SH SOLE 2000
D Cigna Corp COM 66 450SH SOLE 450
D Cisco Systems Inc COM 18 375SH SOLE 375
D Citicorp COM 2089 19300SH SOLE 19300
D Coca-Cola COM 30 532SH SOLE 532
D Comerica Inc. COM 113 2000SH SOLE 2000
D Computer Assoc Int'l COM 225 5775SH SOLE 5775
D Conseco Inc. COM 7887 221392SH SOLE 221392
D Deere & Co. COM 52 1200SH SOLE 1200
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D DuPont COM 32 300SH SOLE 300
D Eastman Kodak COM 17 225SH SOLE 225
D Edwards, A. G. COM 1792 58290SH SOLE 58290
D Energy Conversion COM 18 1500SH SOLE 1500
D Exxon Corp. COM 13 125SH SOLE 125
D Fannie Mae COM 4308 119264SH SOLE 119264
D Ferrellgas Partners ULPI COM 23 1000SH SOLE 1000
D Fidelity Nat'l Fin'l COM 463 38569SH SOLE 38569
D Ford COM 2802 89300SH SOLE 89300
D Fore Systems Inc COM 6 400SH SOLE 400
D Frontier Insurance COM 4810 110579SH SOLE 110579
D General Electric COM 1628 16408SH SOLE 16408
D General Motors COM 25 450SH SOLE 450
D Graco Inc. COM 1547 53800SH SOLE 53800
D Green Tree Financial COM 8711 258114SH SOLE 258114
D Griffon Corp. COM 1431 119280SH SOLE 119280
D Hecla MNG Co Cum CV PRB COM 47 1000SH SOLE 1000
D Household International COM 40 460SH SOLE 460
D Idex Corp COM 2119 90175SH SOLE 90175
D Integon Corp. COM 451 30600SH SOLE 30600
D Intel Corp COM 1948 14000SH SOLE 14000
D International Business MachCOM 59 433SH SOLE 433
D J & L Specialty Steel COM 107 8900SH SOLE 8900
D J. P. Morgan COM 211 2150SH SOLE 2150
D JLG Industries Inc. COM 3733 190200SH SOLE 190200
D Johnson & Johnson COM 26 500SH SOLE 500
D Kysor COM 43 1000SH SOLE 1000
D Lockheed Martin COM 2693 32064SH SOLE 32064
D Loews Corp. COM 1680 18900SH SOLE 18900
D Manhattan Bagel Co. COM 0 5SH SOLE 5
D Matthews Inter'l Corp. COM 380 12500SH SOLE 12500
D Mellon Bank COM 5173 71100SH SOLE 71100
D Merck & Company COM 179 2123SH SOLE 2123
D Merrill Lynch COM 3547 41300SH SOLE 41300
D Morgan Stanley Inc. COM 740 12600SH SOLE 12600
D NVR Inc. COM 333 22000SH SOLE 22000
D National City Corp. COM 2870 61556SH SOLE 61556
D National RV Holdings COM 2976 228900SH SOLE 228900
D Noxso Corp COM 4 4000SH SOLE 4000
D Owens Corning Co COM 805 20000SH SOLE 20000
D PPG Industries COM 67 1238SH SOLE 1238
D Pfizer Inc COM 32 375SH SOLE 375
D Philip Morris COM 6227 54560SH SOLE 54560
D Pioneer Financial Services COM 742 29520SH SOLE 29520
D Polaroid Corp. COM 1 25SH SOLE 25
D Praxair Inc COM 22 500SH SOLE 500
D Realty Parking LP COM 3 400SH SOLE 400
D Reliance Group Holdings COM 3279 312300SH SOLE 312300
D Roberds Inc. COM 35 5000SH SOLE 5000
D SCIOS Inc COM 136 20000SH SOLE 20000
D Scotsman Inds. Inc. COM 616 22000SH SOLE 22000
D Southwest SEC Inc. COM 1121 73500SH SOLE 73500
D Stanley Furniture COM 1531 78500SH SOLE 78500
D Strober Organization COM 216 36000SH SOLE 36000
D Sun Distr. LP CLA COM 9 800SH SOLE 800
D Sunamerica Inc. COM 4989 132600SH SOLE 132600
D Super Value Stores COM 64 2166SH SOLE 2166
D Superior Industries COM 878 38812SH SOLE 38812
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D Templeton Dragon FD COM 29 2000SH SOLE 2000
D Thomas & Betts Corp COM 2 42SH SOLE 42
D Travelers Inc. COM 418 8700SH SOLE 8700
D Trinova Corp. COM 1970 58800SH SOLE 58800
D Vesta COM 3523 98900SH SOLE 98900
D Winsloew Furniture COM 1357 155040SH SOLE 155040
D Barclays Bank PLC ADR PFD 25 1000SH SOLE 1000
D Chase Manhattan Corp New PFPFD 20 800SH SOLE 800
D Citicorp Dep pfd PFD 3 100SH SOLE 100
D Commonwealth Ed 2.425 pfd PFD 3 100SH SOLE 100
D Fedders Corp Conv Pfd PFD 18 3000SH SOLE 3000
D Kenetech Cp. 8.25 Prides PFD 3 2000SH SOLE 2000
D Mellon Bank Corp. Ser K PfdPFD 13 500SH SOLE 500
D Nat'l Westminster Bnk PLC PPFD 21 800SH SOLE 800
D Public Storage Inc pfd 2.3PFD 3 100SH SOLE 100
D Royal Bank of Scotland Grp PFD 13 500SH SOLE 500
D Blackrock 1998 TRM TR INC FD 60 6359SH SOLE 6359
D Blackrock TGT TRM TR INC FD 107 10424SH SOLE 10424
D Franklin Tax Free TR VA FD 0 8SH SOLE 8
D Janus Venture Fund FD 5 106SH SOLE 106
D Kemper High Yield Fund Inc FD 23 2802SH SOLE 2802
D ML Corp BD INV GRD PT B FD 0 20SH SOLE 20
D Muni Invt Trust FD SR Z FD 0 1SH SOLE 1
D Nuveen CA INV Quality Mun FFD 16 1000SH SOLE 1000
D Sequoia Fund Inc. FD 33 369SH SOLE 369
D Templeton Funds Inc ForeignFD 0 0SH SOLE 0
D Twentieth Century Ultra FD 7 264SH SOLE 264
D Windsor Fund FD 6 364SH SOLE 364
S REPORT SUMMARY 112 107779
Name, Title and Telephone Number of Person Submitting Report:
JOHN H KUNKLE TREASURER 4129355520
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ JOHN H KUNKLE WEXFORD PA 04/11/1997
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VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT -----VOTING AUTHORITY-----
NAME OF ISSUER -TITLE OF CLASS- --CUSIP-- (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN -MANAGERS- SOLE SHARED NONE
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