Exhibit 99.1
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                        Report of Independent Accountants


March  29,  1999

To  the  Board  of  Directors  of  NationsBank,  N.A.

We have examined management's assertion about NationsBank, N.A.'s, a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of BankAmerica corportaion, compliance with the
minimum servicing standards I-1, I-3, II-1 through II-4 (except as defined by
section 5.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated July 1, 1996 ("the 
Agreement")),  III-1,  III-2,  III-5, III-6, IV-1, V-1, VI-1 and VII-1 as 
identified in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America's Uniform Single
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Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers ("USAP"), as applicable to the
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Agreement,  as  of  and  for  the  year  ended December 31, 1998 included in the
accompanying  management  assertion  for  the  Boatmen's  Auto  Trust  1996-A
securitization.  Management  is  responsible  for NationsBank, N.A.'s compliance
with  those  minimum  servicing  standards.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion  on  management's  assertion  about the entity's compliance based on our
examination.

Our  examination  was  made  in  accordance  with  standards  established by the
American  Institute  of  Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included
examining,  on  a test basis, evidence about NationsBank, N.A.'s compliance with
the  aforementioned  minimum  servicing  standards  and  performing  such  other
procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.  We believe that our
examination  provides  a reasonable basis for our opinion.  Our examination does
not  provide  a  legal  determination on NationsBank, N.A.'s compliance with the
minimum  servicing  standards.

In  our opinion, management's assertion that NationsBank, N.A. complied with the
aforementioned minimum servicing standards as of and for the year ended December
31,  1998  is  fairly  stated,  in  all  material  respects.




/s/  Price  Waterhouse  Coopers  LLP
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Price  Waterhouse  Coopers  LLP



                                                                    Exhibit 99.1
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March  29,  1999

PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP
Bank  of  America  Corporate  Center
100  North  Tryon  Street,  Suite  5400
Charlotte,  North  Carolina  28202

Ladies  and  Gentlemen

As  of  and  for  the  year  ended  December  31,  1998,  NationsBank,  N.A.,  a
wholly-owned subsidiary of BankAmerica Corporation, has complied in all material
respects  with  the  minimum  servicing  standards  I-1,  I-3, II-1 through II-4
(except  as  defined  by  section 5.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated
July 1, 1996 ("the Agreement")), III-1, III-2, III-5, III-6, IV-1, V-1, VI-1 and
VII-1  set forth in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America's Uniform Single
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Attestation  Program  for  Mortgage Bankers, as applicable to the Agreement, for
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the Boatmen's Auto Trust 1996-A securitization.  As of and for this same period,
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BankAmerica  Corporation  had in effect a fidelity bond and errors and omissions
policy  in  the  amount  of  $220  million.



/s/  Leslie  J.  Fitzpatrick                              /s/  John  W. Brothers
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Leslie  J.  Fitzpatrick                                   John  W.  Brothers
Senior Vice President                                     Senior Vice President


/s/  Ruth  S.  Queen                                     /s/  Thomas  C.  Bowers
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Ruth  S.  Queen                                          Thomas  C.  Bowers
Senior Vice President                                    Senior Vice President

/s/  Suzanne  W.  Castleberry                            /s/  William K. Kinyua
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Suzanne  W.  Castleberry                                 William  K.  Kinyua
Vice President                                           Vice President





                                  Exhibit 99.2
                        Annual Statement as to Compliance

                                NationsBank, N.A.

                           Boatmen's Auto Trust 1996-A
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     This  Officer's Certificate is executed  pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement  dated  as  of July 1, 1996 (the "Agreement"), between Boatmen' s Auto
Trust  1996-A,  as  Issuer,  and  The  Boatmen's  National Bank of St. Louis, as
Seller  and  Servicer.  The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis was merged into
NationsBank,  N.A.  and  NationsBank,  N.A. assumed the obligations of Servicer.
The  undersigned,  a  duly authorized representative of the Servicer does hereby
certify  that:

1.     Capitalized  terms  used  in  this  Officer's  Certificate  have  their
       respective  meanings  set  forth  in  the  Agreement.

2.     NationsBank,  N.A.  is  as  of  the  date  hereof  the Servicer under the
       Agreement.

3.     The  undersigned  is duly authorized pursuant to the Agreement to execute
       and  deliver  this  Officer's  Certificate  to  the  Trustee.

4.     The  certificate  is delivered pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Agreement.

5.     A review of the activities of the Servicer during the calendar year ended
       December  31, 1998, and of its performance under the Agreement was made 
       under my supervision.

6.     Based on such review, to the best of my knowledge, the Servicer has fully
       performed all its obligations under the Agreement throughout such 
       calendar year, and  no event which, with the giving of notice or passage
       of time or both, would constitute a default by the Servicer has occurred
       or is continuing.


IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Servicer,
has  duly  executed  this  Officer's  Certificate  this 31st day of March, 1999.



                              By:  /s/  SUZANNE  CASTLEBERRY
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                                        Suzanne  Castleberry  
                                        Vice President