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                        CONSENT OF REHMANN ROBSON, P.C.
                            INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


McClain Industries, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of
McClain Industries, Inc. on Form S-8 pertaining to the Retainer Stock Plan of
our report dated December 7, 1998, on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements contained in the Annual Report of McClain Industries, Inc. on Form
10-k for the year ended September 30, 1998.


                                            /s/ REHMANN ROBSON, P.C.


Farmington Hills, Michigan
July 27, 1999