EXHIBIT 32

    CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
          RELATING TO A PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

      I, Eugene V. N. Bissell, Chief Executive Officer, and I, Martha B.
Lindsay, Chief Financial Officer, of each of AmeriGas Propane, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation and the General Partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), AmeriGas Finance Corp.
("Finance Corp."), AmeriGas Eagle Finance Corp. ("Eagle Finance Corp.") and AP
Eagle Finance Corp. ("AP Finance Corp.") and collectively with the Partnership,
Finance Corp. and Eagle Finance Corp., (the "Registrant") hereby certify that to
our knowledge:

      (1)   The Registrant's periodic report on Form 10-K for the period ended
            September 30, 2004 (the "Form 10-K") fully complies with the
            requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934, as amended; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                                 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

/s/ Eugene V. N. Bissell                                /s/ Martha B. Lindsay
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Eugene V. N. Bissell                                    Martha B. Lindsay

Date: December 14, 2004                                 Date: December 14, 2004

      A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
      been provided to AmeriGas Partners, L.P., AmeriGas Finance Corp., AmeriGas
      Eagle Finance Corp. and AP Eagle Finance Corp. and will be retained by
      AmeriGas Partners, L.P., AmeriGas Finance Corp., AmeriGas Eagle Finance
      Corp. and AP Eagle Finance Corp. and furnished to the Securities and
      Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.