Exhibit 5.3
 
              [LETTERHEAD OF PORTEOUS & WHITE P.C. APPEARS HERE]


                               December 9, 1997





Nabco, Inc.
c/o Delco Remy International, Inc.
2902 Enterprise Drive
Anderson IN 46013

RE:  Guarantee of Nabco, Inc.
     Form S-1 Registration Statement
     Registration No. 33-37703

Gentlemen and Ladies:

We have acted as counsel to Nabco, Inc., a Michigan Corporation ("Guarantor") in
connection with the guarantee by Nabco, Inc. of $130,000,000 principal amount   
  % Senior Notes Due 2007 (the "Senior Notes") of Delco Remy International, Inc.
("Company") and guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Company including 
Nabco, Inc. in connection with which the Company has filed a Registration 
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-37703), originally filed on October 
10, 1997, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act 
of 1933, as amended, and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and as 
subsequently amended by amendments thereto filed on October 22, 1997, November 
21, 1997, November 26, 1997 and December 9, 1997 (the "Registration Statement").
The Senior Notes are to be issued pursuant to the terms of an Indenture 
substantially in the form filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement 
(the "Indenture"), between Delco Remy International, Inc. and United States 
Trust Company of New York, as Trustee.

We have examined the originals or copies, certified or otherwise, identified to 
our satisfaction, of the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of 
the Guarantor, certificates of public officials and of the officers of the 
Guarantor and such other agreements,

 
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instruments, and other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for 
purposes of the opinions expressed below.

In making such examination and rendering the opinions set forth below, we have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than those of the Guarantor),
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the
conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as
certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals
of such documents. As to questions of fact material to our opinions, we have
relied, after due inquiry but without independent investigation, upon
representations of the Guarantor and on certificates of its officers and of
public officials.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set 
forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

The Guaranty issued by the Guarantor has been duly authorized by the Guarantor 
and when executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of 
the Indenture and paid for in the manner and at the price set forth in the 
Registration Statement, will constitute the legal valid and binding obligation 
of the Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject 
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, 
reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights or debtors' 
obligations and to general principles of equity.

The opinions expressed herein are rendered solely for you benefit in connection 
with the transactions contemplated hereby. The opinions expressed herein may not
be used or relied upon by any other person nor may this letter or any copies 
hereof be furnished to a third party, filed with a governmental agency, quoted, 
cited or otherwise referred to without our prior written consent, except as 
provided below.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the 
Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Prospectus contained 
therein, under the caption "Legal Matters." Such consent does not constitute a 
consent under Section 7 of the Securities Act ("Section 7"), since in consenting
to the reference to our firm under such heading we have

 
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not certified any part of such Registration Statement and do not otherwise come 
within the categories of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 or 
under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange 
Commission.

Very truly yours,

PORTEOUS & WHITE, P.C.

/s/ David L. Porteous

BY: David L. Porteous


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