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
    (State of Incorporation)                           (I.R.S. Employer
                                                     Identification No.)


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


               Carolyn Potter, Harris Trust and Savings Bank,
              311 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60606
                 312-461-2531 phone   312-461-3525 facsimile
         (Name, address and telephone number for agent for service)




                           Arvin Industries, Inc.
                              (Name of obligor)



              Indiana                                     35-0550190


     (State of Incorporation)                          (I.R.S. Employer
                                                     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 Commercial
             Federal Corporation, File No. 333-20711, and is incorporated
             herein by reference.

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

                  (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
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   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 30th day of April, 1999.

   HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK


   By:  /s/ C. Potter
       ----------------------------
        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:  /s/ C. Potter
       ----------------------------
        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, 1998, 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 LOGO]            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 December 31, 1998, 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.

                       Bank's Transit Number 71000288
   
   
                                                                                                    THOUSANDS
                                          ASSETS                                                   OF DOLLARS
                                                                                                            
     Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
              Non-interest bearing balances and currency and coin  . . . . . . . . .                              $1,435,233
              Interest bearing balances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                 $98,929
     Securities: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     a.   Held-to-maturity securities                                                                                     $0
     b.   Available-for-sale securities                                                                           $5,295,498
     Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell                                         $151,575
     Loans and lease financing receivables:
              Loans and leases, net of unearned income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          $9,320,939
              LESS:  Allowance for loan and lease losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            $108,280
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              Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve
              (items 4.a minus 4.b)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                              $9,212,659
     Assets held in trading accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                $252,881
     Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)  . . . . . . . . . . .                                $271,540
     Other real estate owned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                    $366
     Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies . . . . . .                                     $57
     Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding  . . . . . . . . .                                 $30,829
     Intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                $257,627
     Other assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                              $1,093,599
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     TOTAL ASSETS                                                                                                $18,100,793
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                                       LIABILITIES
     Deposits:
          In domestic offices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                             $10,270,499
              Non-interest bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          $3,410,568
              Interest bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          $6,859,931
          In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBF's   . . . . .                                $935,609
              Non-interest bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             $69,215
              Interest bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            $866,394
     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 & securities sold under agreements to repurchase  . . .                              $3,642,049
     Trading Liabilities                                                                                             131,909
     Other borrowed money: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     a.   With remaining maturity of one year or less                                                             $1,107,125
     b.   With remaining maturity of more than one year                                                                   $0
     Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding                                                        $30,829
     Subordinated notes and debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                $225,000
     Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                $424,376
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                                           $16,767,396
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                                      EQUITY CAPITAL
     Common stock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                $100,000
     Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                $608,116
     a.   Undivided profits and capital reserves   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                $593,973
     b.   Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities . .                                 $31,308
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     TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL                                                                                         $1,333,397
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     Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital . . . . . .                             $18,100,793
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              I, Pamela Piarowski, 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.

                              PAMELA PIAROWSKI
                                   1/27/99

        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


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   Companies of the State of Illinois and is true and correct.

             EDWARD W. LYMAN,
             ALAN G. McNALLY,
             RICHARD E. TERRY


                                                               Directors.













































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