EXHIBIT 25-1
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549


                                  FORM T-1


                          Statement of Eligibility
                    Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
                    of a Corporation Designated to Act as
                                   Trustee


                    Check if an Application to Determine
                Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section
                          305(b)(2) _______________


                        HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
                              (Name of Trustee)


       Illinois                                      36-1194448
                                                (I.R.S. Employer
   (State of Incorporation)                     Identification No.)


              111 West Monroe Street; Chicago, Illinois  60603
                  (Address of principal executive offices)


              Carolyn C. Potter, Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
              111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60603
                                312-461-2531
         (Name, address and telephone number for agent for service)


                           ARVIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
                              (Name of obligor)


       Indiana                                       35-0550190
                                                (I.R.S. Employer
   (State of Incorporation)                     Identification No.)


                              One Noblitt Plaza
                                  Box 3000
                        Columbus, Indiana  47202-3000
                  (Address of principal executive offices)

                               Debt Securities
                       (Title of indenture securities)








   1.   GENERAL INFORMATION.  Furnish the following information as to the
        Trustee:

        (a)  Name and address of each examining or supervising authority
             to which it is subject.

             Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies, State of
             Illinois, Springfield, Illinois; Chicago Clearing House
             Association, 164 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois;
             Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.; The
             Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,Washington,
             D.C.

        (b)  Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

             Harris Trust and Savings Bank is authorized to exercise
             corporate trust powers.

   2.   AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.  If the Obligor is an affiliate of the
        Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

                  The Obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee.

    3. thru 15.

                  NO RESPONSE NECESSARY

   16.  LIST OF EXHIBITS.

        1.   A copy of the articles of association of the Trustee is now
             in effect which includes the authority of the trustee to
             commence business and to exercise corporate trust powers.

             A copy of the Certificate of Merger dated April 1, 1972
             between Harris Trust and Savings Bank, HTS Bank and Harris
             Bankcorp, Inc. which constitutes the articles of association
             of the Trustee as now in effect and includes the authority
             of the Trustee to commence business and to exercise
             corporate trust powers was filed in connection with the
             Registration Statement of Louisville Gas and Electric
             Company, File No. 2-44295, and is incorporated herein by
             reference.

        2.   A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee.

             A copy of the existing by-laws of the Trustee was filed in
             connection with the Registration Statement of Hillenbrand
             Industries, Inc., File No. 33-44086, and is incorporated
             herein by reference.

        3.   The consents of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of
             the Act.

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   (included as Exhibit A on page 2 of this statement)

        4.   A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee
             published pursuant to law or the requirements of its
             supervising or examining authority.

   (included as Exhibit B on page 3 of this statement)














































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                                  SIGNATURE


   Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
   Trustee, HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, a corporation organized and
   existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, has duly caused this
   statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
   undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Chicago,
   and State of Illinois, on the 1st day of April, 1994.

   HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


   By:  C. Potter                                          
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        C. Potter
        Assistant Vice President

   EXHIBIT A

   The consents of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.

   Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as the Trustee herein named, hereby
   consents that reports of examinations of said trustee by Federal and
   State authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the
   Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor.

   HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


   By:  C. Potter                                          
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        C. Potter
        Assistant Vice President



















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                                                                EXHIBIT B

   Attached is a true and correct copy of the statement of condition of
   Harris Trust and Savings Bank as of December 31, 1994, as published in
   accordance with a call made by the State Banking Authority and by the
   Federal Reserve Bank of the Seventh Reserve District.

                                 HARRIS BANK

                        Harris Trust and Savings Bank
                           111 West Monroe Street
                          Chicago, Illinois  60603

   of Chicago, Illinois, And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, at the
   close of business on September 30, 1993, a state banking institution
   organized and operating under the banking laws of this State and a
   member of the Federal Reserve System. Published in accordance with a
   call made by the Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies of the
   State of Illinois and by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District.


































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                                                  Bank's Transit Number 71000288

                                                                               THOUSANDS
                                                                            OF DOLLARS
                                    ASSETS
    
                                                                                             
     Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
              Non-interest bearing balances and currency and coin  . . .                            $975,066
              Interest bearing balances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $507,329
     Securities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          $1,963,274
     Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to
       resell in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge
       and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's:
         Federal funds sold  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $159,506
         Securities purchased under agreements to resell . . . . . . . .                            $328,039
     Loans and lease financing receivables:
         Loans and leases, net of unearned income  . . . . . . . . . . .         $5,848,781
         LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses  . . . . . . . . . .            $93,990
                                                                                 ==========
         Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and
         reserve                                                                                  $5,754,791
         (item 4. a minus 4.b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     Assets held in trading accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                             $50,061
     Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)  . . . . .                            $141,460
     Other real estate owned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                              $3,568
     Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated                                          $429
     companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding  . . .                             $58,399
     Intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                             $31,638
     Other assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $219,058
                                                                                                  ==========
     TOTAL ASSETS                                                                                $10,192,618
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                                 LIABILITIES
     Deposits:
       In domestic offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          $4,858,793
         Non-interest bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         $2,569,574
         Interest bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         $2,289,219
     In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBF's  . .                          $1,598,561
         Non-interest bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            $17,768
         Interest bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         $1,580,793
     Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to
     repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and
     Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's: 
         Federal funds purchased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          $1,078,476
         Securities sold under agreements to repurchase  . . . . . . . .                            $984,642
     Other borrowed money  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $471,563
     Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding  . . . . .                             $58,798
     Subordinated notes and debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $235,000
     Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $172,334
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                            $9,458,167
                                EQUITY CAPITAL

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     Common stock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $100,000
     Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $275,000
     Undivided profits and capital reserves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            $337,091
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     TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL                                                                           $734,451
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     Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity                                 $10,192,618
     capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                        ============
     
              I, David H. Charney, Vice President of the above-named bank, do
   hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in
   conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors of
   the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
   belief.

                              DAVID H. CHARNEY
                                  1/26/1994

        We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this
   Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and,
   to the best of our knowledge and belief, has been prepared in
   conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors of
   the Federal Reserve System and the Commissioner of Banks and Trust
   Companies of the State of Illinois and is true and correct.

   ALAN G. McNALLY,
   DONALD S. HUNT,
   JAMES J GLASER


                                                               Directors.

   STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ss:

        Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of January 1994. 
   My commission expires April 22, 1996.

                              DIANALYNN GIRTEN
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