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


                               December 16, 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
     (the "462(b) Registration Statement")

Gentlemen and Ladies:

We have acted as counsel to Nabco, Inc., a Michigan Corporation ("Guarantor") in
connection with the guarantee by Nabco, Inc. of an additional $15,000,000
principal amount 8 5/8% Senior Notes Due 2007 (the "Additional Notes") of Delco
Remy International, Inc. ("Company") and guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of
the Company including Nabco, Inc. The Additional Notes are to be issued pursuant
to the terms of an Indenture substantially in the form filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
the 462(b) Registration Statement (the "Indenture"), between Delco Remy
International, Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee.

The 462(b) Registration Statement covering the offer and sale of the Additional 
Notes is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
"Commission") in connection with the proposed public offering described in the 
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-37703) filed 
with the Commission on October 10, 1997, as amended, and which became effective 
on December 15, 1997.

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 
462(b) 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 opinion expressed herein is rendered solely for your benefit in connection
with the transaction contemplated hereby. The opinion 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 government 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 462(b)
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 not certified any part 
of such 462(b) 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.


 
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Very truly yours,

PORTEOUS & WHITE, P.C.

/s/ David L. Porteous

BY: David L. Porteous


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