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       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 1995

                             Registration No. 33-56595

                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549

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                          POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                        TO
                                     FORM S-1
                              REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                       UNDER
                            THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                             GREAT DANE HOLDINGS INC.
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              (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                         3715                  54-0698116
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(State or other jurisdiction of    (Primary SIC Code Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or reorganization)                                     ID No.)   

                             2016 North Pitcher Street
                             Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
                                  (616) 343-6121
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           (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
              area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)



                                  David R. Markin
                       President and Chief Executive Officer
                             Great Dane Holdings Inc.
                             2016 North Pitcher Street
                             Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007
                                 (616) 343-6121
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           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

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      The Commission is requested to send copies of all communications to:

                              Paulette Kendler, Esq.
                  Hutton Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti
                                  250 Park Avenue
                             New York, New York 10177
                                  (212) 907-9650

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                        Deregistering Unsold Securities


     Registrant by this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-56595) deregisters 4,000,000 shares 
of the Registrant's common stock, $.01 par value per share, which were unsold at
the termination of the offering thereof.

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                                   SIGNATURES
   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration State-
ment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
on une 22, 1995.


                                             GREAT DANE HOLDINGS INC.

                                             By:    /s/ David R. Markin
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                                                David R. Markin
                                                President and Chief Executive
                                                Officer


                              Executed in City of New York, State of New York  


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registra-
tion Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.



          **                  Chairman of the Board                June 22, 1995
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Allan R. Tessler


  /s/ David R. Markin         President, Chief Executive           June 22, 1995
- ----------------------------  Officer and Director                 
David R. Markin               (Principal Executive Officer)


          **                  Treasurer (Principal Financial       June 22, 1995
- ----------------------------  Officer and Principal                
Marlan R. Smith               Accounting Officer


          **                  Vice Chairman of the Board           June 22, 1995
- ----------------------------  and Secretary                        
Martin L. Solomon


          **                  Vice Chairman of the Board           June 22, 1995
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Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr.


**By:    /s/ David R. Markin
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     David R. Markin
     Attorney-in-Fact