EXHIBIT 5.01

                               RAYMOND L. RIDGE
                        3901 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 200
                        Newport Beach, California 92660
                                (714) 252-5434
                             (714) 639-3573 (Fax)

                                August 21, 1995

AmeriQuest Technologies, Inc.
2722 Michelson
Irvine, California 92715

Gentlemen:

     I am furnishing this opinion to you to be filed as Exhibit 5.01 to the 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") of AmeriQuest 
Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission. The Registration Statement relates to the proposed issuance and 
resale of 1,107,500 shares of Common Stock to be issued to certain employees of 
the Company (the "Selling Shareholders") pursuant to severance agreements 
between the Company and such employees. All shares subject of the Registration 
Statement are hereinafter referred to as the "Shares."

     I am familiar with the proceedings taken by the Company in connection with 
the proposed issuance of the Shares to the Selling Shareholders and the filing 
of the Registration Statement.

     Upon the basis of the foregoing and such investigations as I have deemed 
necessary in connection with this opinion I am of the opinion that the shares to
be issued to the Selling Shareholders and resold by the Selling Shareholders 
will be legally issued, fully-paid and nonassessable in the hands of the Selling
Shareholders.

     I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.01 to the 
Registration Statement, and to the reference to me under the caption "Legal 
Matters" in the Registration Statement.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         /s/ Raymond L. Ridge

                                         RAYMOND L. RIDGE, ESQ.

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