EXHIBIT 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C.SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002




I, Mark S. Gorder, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
Selas Corporation of America (the "Company"), certify, pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

     1)   the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the nine months
          ended September 30, 2004 (the "Report") fully complies with the
          requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
          of 1934; and

     2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


Date: November 15, 2004
                                             /s/ Mark S. Gorder
                                         ---------------------------------
                                                 Mark S. Gorder
                                           President and Chief Executive
                                           Officer (principal executive
                                           officer)

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the
United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a
separate disclosure document.


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