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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 13F-E
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09/30/1997
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 UNAMENDEDITEMS, 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 9/30/97
INVSTMT VOTING AUTH
NAME OF ISSUER TITLECUSIP VALUE SHARES DSCRETMGRS SOLESHARED NONE
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AGCO Corp. COM 001084102 29338 60128SH SOLE 60128
AMR Corp. COM 001765106 51062 20000SH SOLE 20000
Aeroquip-Vickers IncCOM 896678109 64988 57500SH SOLE 57500
Air Express Int'l COM 009104100 31921 52047SH SOLE 52047
Amer. Bankers Ins. GCOM 024456105 59014 48300SH SOLE 48300
Armstrong World COM 042476101 1081 3864SH SOLE 3864
Atmel Corp COM 049513104 29768 22400SH SOLE 22400
BE Aerospace Inc COM 073302101 27664 48100SH SOLE 48100
Belmont Homes Inc. COM 080381106 47742 14050SH SOLE 14050
Burlington Northern COM 12189T104 17243 34091SH SOLE 34091
Chase Manhattan Crp COM 16161A108 29064 16908SH SOLE 16908
Citicorp COM 173034109 64039 13200SH SOLE 13200
Commercial IntertechCOM 201709102 19192 36064SH SOLE 36064
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Computer Assoc Int'lCOM 204912109 61818 16375SH SOLE 16375
Conseco Inc. COM 208464107 4803 14010SH SOLE 14010
Deere & Co. COM 244199105 2852 22000SH SOLE 22000
Edwards, A. G. COM 281760108 750 44662SH SOLE 44662
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 3056 18192SH SOLE 18192
Fidelity Nat'l Fin'lCOM 316326107 36363 48569SH SOLE 48569
Ford COM 345370100 56318 62064SH SOLE 62064
Frontier Insurance COM 359081106 8587 12298SH SOLE 12298
General Electric COM 369604103 42646 37216SH SOLE 37216
Global Marine Inc NeCOM 379352404 1814 9891SH SOLE 9891
Graco Inc. COM 384109104 53846 7464SH SOLE 7464
Green Tree FinancialCOM 393505102 21324 8820SH SOLE 8820
Griffon Corp. COM 398433102 33485 32308SH SOLE 32308
Helix COM 423319102 21512 2564SH SOLE 2564
Idex Corp COM 45167R104 53347 16089SH SOLE 16089
Intel Corp COM 458140100 38936 20300SH SOLE 20300
International ComforCOM 458978103 5089 10000SH SOLE 10000
J. P. Morgan COM 616880100 47686 2150SH SOLE 2150
JLG Industries Inc. COM 466210101 10440 3692SH SOLE 3692
Lincare Holdings IncCOM 532791100 45623 10000SH SOLE 10000
Lockheed Martin COM 539830109 36960 30464SH SOLE 30464
Loews Corp. COM 540424108 45440 35200SH SOLE 35200
Matthews Inter'l CorCOM 577128101 2348 11600SH SOLE 11600
Mellon Bank COM 585509102 53350 19528SH SOLE 19528
Merck & Company COM 589331107 5565 2023SH SOLE 2023
Merrill Lynch COM 590188108 30596 9964SH SOLE 9964
Mobil Corp. COM 607059102 54992 3400SH SOLE 3400
Morgan Stanley Dean COM 24204v105 9847 20790SH SOLE 20790
NVR Inc. COM 62944T105 47712 22000SH SOLE 22000
National City Corp. COM 635405103 56820 49892SH SOLE 49892
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National RV HoldingsCOM 637277104 23118 7256SH SOLE 7256
Philip Morris COM 718154107 19192 38108SH SOLE 38108
Reliance Group HoldiCOM 759464100 3822 6020SH SOLE 6020
SCIOS Inc COM 808905103 62320 40000SH SOLE 40000
Scotsman Inds. Inc. COM 809340102 42212 22000SH SOLE 22000
Southwest SEC Inc. COM 845224104 4534 42938SH SOLE 42938
Stanley Furniture COM 854305208 14798 9128SH SOLE 9128
Sunamerica Inc. COM 866930100 40263 62278SH SOLE 62278
Superior Industries COM 868168105 41845 4460SH SOLE 4460
Travelers Inc. COM 894190107 4495 8700SH SOLE 8700
Vesta COM 925391104 35208 17864SH SOLE 17864
Winsloew Furniture COM 975377102 46051 857SH SOLE 857
GRAND TOTAL 65500
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 09/30/1997
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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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