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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 13F-E
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12/31/96
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 2/14/97
VOTING
AUTHORITY
VALUE INVSTMT
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE (x$1000) SHARES DSCRE MGRS SOLE SHARE NONE
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D Adv. Tech. Materials COM 7 400 SH SOLE 400
D Aetna Life & Cas. COM 97 1,213 SH SOLE 1213
D Air Express Int'l COM 3094 95,929 SH SOLE 95929
D Allegheny Teledyne COM 40 1,750 SH SOLE 1750
D Allstate Insurance COM 425 SH SOLE 425
D Alphanet Solutions COM 16 1,000 SH SOLE 1000
D Amer. Bankers Ins. COM 1260 24,650 SH SOLE 24650
D American Home Prods. COM 275 SH SOLE 275
D American Tel & Tel COM 15 350 SH SOLE 350
D Armstrong World COM 3114 44,800 SH SOLE 44800
D Atmel Corp COM 10 300 SH SOLE 300
D BE Aerospace Inc COM 903 33,300 SH SOLE 33300
D Bank of Boston COM 350 SH SOLE 350
D BankAmerica Corp COM 40 400 SH SOLE 400
D Belmont Homes Inc. COM 202 21,000 SH SOLE 21000
D Biocontrol Tech Inc. COM 4 4,000 SH SOLE 4000
D Bristol Myers Squibb COM 22 200 SH SOLE 200
D Burlington Northern COM 1770 20,491 SH SOLE 20491
D Santa Fe Corp COM 0 SH SOLE 0
D Callaway Golf COM 14 500 SH SOLE 500
D Chase Manhattan Crp COM 1520 17,008 SH SOLE 17008
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D Chips & Technologies COM 62 3,400 SH SOLE 3400
D Cigna Corp COM 61 450 SH SOLE 450
D Cisco Systems Inc COM 575 SH SOLE 575
D Citicorp COM 1988 19,300 SH SOLE 19300
D Citizens Utilties COM 52 4,662 SH SOLE 4662
D Co. COM 0 SH SOLE 0
D Clorox Co COM 150 SH SOLE 150
D Coca-Cola COM 44 832 SH SOLE 832
D Columbia Gas COM 175 SH SOLE 175
D Comerica Inc. COM 411 7,850 SH SOLE 7850
D Computer Assoc Int'l COM 295 5,925 SH SOLE 5925
D Computer Devices COM 0 100 SH SOLE 100
D Conseco Inc. COM 6936 108,798 SH SOLE 108798
D Deere & Co. COM 49 1,200 SH SOLE 1200
D DuPont COM 28 300 SH SOLE 300
D Eastman Kodak COM 18 225 SH SOLE 225
D Edwards, A. G. COM 1974 58,705 SH SOLE 58705
D Eli Lilly & Co COM 300 SH SOLE 300
D Energy Conversion COM 20 1,500 SH SOLE 1500
D Exxon Corp. COM 12 125 SH SOLE 125
D Federal Natl Mtg Cp COM 4491 119,364 SH SOLE 119364
D Fidelity Bancorp COM 22 1,100 SH SOLE 1100
D Fidelity Nat'l Fin'l COM 583 38,577 SH SOLE 38577
D Ford COM 3044 94,400 SH SOLE 94400
D Fore Systems Inc COM 13 400 SH SOLE 400
D Frontier Insurance COM 4230 110,579 SH SOLE 110579
D Gatx Corp. COM 82 1,700 SH SOLE 1700
D General Electric COM 1622 16,408 SH SOLE 16408
D General Motors COM 25 450 SH SOLE 450
D Goodrich Co, B F COM 200 SH SOLE 200
D Graco Inc. COM 1046 42,700 SH SOLE 42700
D Green Tree Financial COM 9274 240,114 SH SOLE 240114
D Griffon Corp. COM 968 78,980 SH SOLE 78980
D Hershey Foods COM 575 SH SOLE 575
D Hilton Hotels Corp COM 1,000 SH SOLE 1000
D Household COM 42 460 SH SOLE 460
D Idex Corp COM 1629 40,850 SH SOLE 40850
D Integon Corp. COM 543 30,600 SH SOLE 30600
D Intel Corp COM 2566 19,600 SH SOLE 19600
D IBM COM 66 433 SH SOLE 433
D Interphase Corp COM 4 400 SH SOLE 400
D J & L Specialty COM 791 69,500 SH SOLE 69500
D J. P. Morgan COM 210 2,150 SH SOLE 2150
D Johnson & Johnson COM 100 SH SOLE 100
D Kysor COM 3377 103,500 SH SOLE 103500
D Lockheed Martin COM 4078 44,564 SH SOLE 44564
D Loews Corp. COM 170 1,800 SH SOLE 1800
D Manhattan Bagel Co. COM 0 5 SH SOLE 5
D Martin Marietta COM 4 169 SH SOLE 169
D Matthews Inter'l COM 359 12,700 SH SOLE 12700
D McDonnell Douglas COM 450 SH SOLE 450
D Medic Comp Systems COM 1,000 SH SOLE 1000
D Mellon Bank COM 4629 65,200 SH SOLE 65200
D Merck & Company COM 145 1,823 SH SOLE 1823
D Merrill Lynch COM 3366 41,300 SH SOLE 41300
D Monsanto Co. COM 750 SH SOLE 750
D Morgan Stanley Inc. COM 720 12,600 SH SOLE 12600
D Mylan Laboratories COM 20 1,200 SH SOLE 1200
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D National City Corp. COM 2870 63,956 SH SOLE 63956
D National RV Holdings COM 1748 119,500 SH SOLE 119500
D Nike Inc "B" COM 175 SH SOLE 175
D Noxso Corp COM 10 4,000 SH SOLE 4000
D Omnicare Inc COM 300 SH SOLE 300
D PIMCO Advisors COM 9 412 SH SOLE 412
D PP & L Resources COM 33 1,432 SH SOLE 1432
D PPG Industries COM 69 1,238 SH SOLE 1238
D Pfizer Inc COM 375 SH SOLE 375
D Philip Morris COM 6120 54,160 SH SOLE 54160
D Pioneer Financial COM 904 36,160 SH SOLE 36160
D Services Inc. COM 0 SH SOLE 0
D Pioneer Hi-Bred COM 310 SH SOLE 310
D International COM 0 SH SOLE 0
D Polaroid Corp. COM 1 25 SH SOLE 25
D Praxair Inc COM 725 SH SOLE 725
D Raychem Corp COM 425 SH SOLE 425
D Realty Parking LP COM 3 400 SH SOLE 400
D Reliance Group COM 2284 250,300 SH SOLE 250300
D Roberds Inc. COM 41 5,000 SH SOLE 5000
D S3 Inc. COM 5 300 SH SOLE 300
D SCIOS Inc COM 123 20,000 SH SOLE 20000
D Schering Plough COM 150 SH SOLE 150
D Scotsman Inds. Inc. COM 522 22,100 SH SOLE 22100
D Service Corp COM 900 SH SOLE 900
D Southwest SEC Inc. COM 999 66,600 SH SOLE 66600
D Stanley Furniture COM 1105 55,600 SH SOLE 55600
D Strober Organization COM 216 36,000 SH SOLE 36000
D Sun Distr. LP CLA COM 9 800 SH SOLE 800
D Sunamerica Inc. COM 5940 133,100 SH SOLE 133100
D Super Value Stores COM 61 2,166 SH SOLE 2166
D Superior Industries COM 905 39,154 SH SOLE 39154
D Systems Software COM 19 1,800 SH SOLE 1800
D Tosco Corp COM 200 SH SOLE 200
D Travelers Inc. COM 395 8,700 SH SOLE 8700
D Trinova Corp. COM 2153 59,200 SH SOLE 59200
D USA Waste Services COM 200 SH SOLE 200
D Union Electric Co COM 2 50 SH SOLE 50
D Vesta COM 2676 85,300 SH SOLE 85300
D Wells Fargo & Co COM 33 SH SOLE 33
D Winsloew Furniture COM 1261 129,340 SH SOLE 129340
D Barclays Bank PLC PFD 25 1,000 SH SOLE 1000
D ADR PFD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Chase Manhattan Corp PFD 20 800 SH SOLE 800
D New PFD 8.375% PFD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Citicorp Dep pfd PFD 3 100 SH SOLE 100
D Commonwealth Ed PFD 3 100 SH SOLE 100
D Mellon Bank Corp. PFD 13 500 SH SOLE 500
D Ser K Pfd PFD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Nat'l Westminster PFD 21 800 SH SOLE 800
D Bnk PLC Pfd 10.64 PFD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Public Storage Inc PFD 3 100 SH SOLE 100
D pfd 2.375 PFD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Royal Bank of PFD 13 500 SH SOLE 500
D Scotland Grp PLC ADR PFD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Franklin Tax Free TR FD 0 8 SH SOLE 8
D Janus Venture Fund FD 6 106 SH SOLE 106
D Kemper High Yield FD 23 2,757 SH SOLE 2757
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D Fund Inc CL A FD 0 SH SOLE 0
D ML Corp BD INV GRD FD 0 20 SH SOLE 20
D PT B FD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Nuveen CA INV FD 16 1,000 SH SOLE 1000
D Quality Mun Fund FD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Sequoia Fund Inc. FD 33 369 SH SOLE 369
D Templeton Funds Inc FD 0 0 SH SOLE 0
D Foreign Fund FD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Twentieth Century FD 7 264 SH SOLE 264
D Ultra FD 0 SH SOLE 0
D Windsor Fund FD 6 364 SH SOLE 364
S REPORT SUMMARY 148 102873
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 02/14/97
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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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