Exhibit 10(vi)

                            HOWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
                                RETIREMENT PLAN
                          FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS


PURPOSE

        This Plan is to provide a retirement allowance for non-employee
directors.

ADMINISTRATION

        This Plan shall be administered by the President of the Company, who
shall have full power to make each determination provided for in the Plan, to
interpret the Plan, and to establish rules and procedures for carrying out its
purpose.

        This Plan is a non-contributory, non-qualified and unfunded plan and
represents only an unsecured general obligation of the Company.

ELIGIBILITY

        The Plan provides a quarterly retirement allowance to each director
(participant) who (a) has never served as an officer of the Company, (b) has
served on the board as a non-employee director five or more years, and (c) is
a director at any time on or after December 1, 1994.

AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION

        The quarterly retirement allowance will be equal to 18.75% (75%
annually) of the annual retainer (not including meeting fees) in effect on the
date of the participant's termination of service on the board.

        Payments shall be made quarterly commencing with the month following
such participant's termination of service on the board.

DURATION

        The quarterly retirement allowance payments will continue for a period
equal to the number of calendar quarters served on the board, or until the
participant's death, whichever occurs first. In the event of death prior to
the conclusion of scheduled payments under this Plan, all liability of the
Company under the Plan is terminated. The participant's estate, surviving
spouse or other beneficiary shall have no rights under the Plan.

SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS

        Payment of the retirement allowance to a participant who is again
elected to the board will be suspended. Any future allowance will be
recalculated based on the annual retainer in effect at the time of the
participant's subsequent termination of service on the board. The duration of

payments will be determined by the cumulative number of whole quarters served
on the board minus the number of quarters covered by retirement allowance
payments received prior to re-election to the board.

NONALIENATION OF BENEFITS

        The right of a participant to payment of a retirement allowance
hereunder shall not be transferred or encumbered and shall not be subject to
attachment or similar process. Any attempted transfer, encumbrance, attachment
or similar process shall be ineffective.

CONSULTING

        Retired participants shall provide consulting services (not exceeding
8 hours per quarter) to the executive officers and directors of the Company
upon written request at times and places convenient to the retired
participant.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

        The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any
time, provided, however, that no such amendment or termination shall reduce
the retirement allowance payable to any participant who is receiving an
allowance or is eligible to receive an allowance upon his immediate
retirement.

EFFECTIVE DATE

        This Plan shall be effective December 1, 1994.