Huntington Preferred Capital (HPCCP) 10-Q/A 2004 Q1 Quarterly report (amended)

Exhibit 32.2

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Huntington Preferred Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ending March 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John D. Van Fleet, Vice President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 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 result of operations of the Company.

/s/    JOHN D. VAN FLEET        

John D. Van Fleet

(chief financial officer)

May 14, 2004