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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q


[X]      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
         EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

                 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 1999

                                       OR

[ ]      TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
         EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

          FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ____________ TO ____________.

                         Commission file number 0-14440

                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




              California                                94-2942941
                                                   
      (State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)


    444 Market Street, 15th Floor, San Francisco, California      94111
       (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                 (415) 677-8990
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  X   No     
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                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                  REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD
                              ENDED MARCH 31, 1999

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS






                                                                                                                     PAGE
                                                                                                                   
PART I -    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  Item 1.   Financial Statements


            Balance Sheets - March 31, 1999 (unaudited) and December 31, 1998                                         4


            Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998 (unaudited)                   5


            Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998 (unaudited)                   6


            Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)                                                                 7


  Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations                    10


  Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk                                               12


PART II -   OTHER INFORMATION


  Item 1.   Legal Proceedings                                                                                        13


  Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities                                                                          13


  Item 5.   Other Information                                                                                        13


  Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                                                         15







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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


  Item 1.   Financial Statements

            Presented herein are the Registrant's balance sheets as of March 31,
            1999 and December 31, 1998, statements of operations for the three
            months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998, and statements of cash flows
            for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998.





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                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                 BALANCE SHEETS

                                   (UNAUDITED)





                                                                                  March 31,           December 31,
                                                                                    1999                   1998
                                                                                 ----------           ------------
                    Assets
                                                                                                        
Current assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents, includes $721,040 at March 31, 1999 and
       $786,333 at December 31, 1998 in interest-bearing accounts                $  721,140            $  786,433
   Net lease receivables due from Leasing Company
       (notes 1 and 2)                                                              128,086               137,087
                                                                                 ----------            ----------

           Total current assets                                                     849,226               923,520
                                                                                 ----------            ----------

Container rental equipment, at cost                                               6,431,028             6,971,959
   Less accumulated depreciation                                                  4,411,896             4,742,260
                                                                                 ----------            ----------
       Net container rental equipment                                             2,019,132             2,229,699
                                                                                 ----------            ----------

                                                                                 $2,868,358            $3,153,219
                                                                                 ==========            ==========
              Partners' Capital

Partners' capital:
   General partners                                                              $    8,460            $   11,309
   Limited partners                                                               2,859,898             3,141,910
                                                                                 ----------            ----------

           Total partners' capital                                                2,868,358             3,153,219
                                                                                 ----------            ----------

                                                                                 $2,868,358            $3,153,219
                                                                                 ==========            ==========





   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



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                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                                   (UNAUDITED)





                                                                Three Months Ended
                                                            ----------------------------
                                                            March 31,           March 31,
                                                              1999                1998
                                                            --------            --------
                                                                               
Net lease revenue (notes 1 and 3)                           $171,000            $269,586

Other operating expenses:
  Depreciation                                                33,142              66,379
  Other general and administrative expenses                   17,527              17,289
                                                            --------            --------
                                                              50,669              83,668
                                                            --------            --------
    Earnings from operations                                 120,331             185,918

Other income:
  Interest income                                              8,173              16,055
  Net gain on disposal of equipment                           53,623              95,328
                                                            --------            --------
                                                              61,796             111,383
                                                            --------            --------
    Net earnings                                            $182,127            $297,301
                                                            ========            ========

Allocation of net earnings:
  General partners                                          $ 38,661            $ 69,523
  Limited partners                                           143,466             227,778
                                                            --------            --------
                                                            $182,127            $297,301
                                                            ========            ========


Limited partners' per unit share of net earnings            $   3.27            $   5.19
                                                            ========            ========





   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.




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                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                                   (UNAUDITED)





                                                               Three Months Ended
                                                        -----------------------------------
                                                          March 31,              March 31,
                                                            1999                   1998
                                                        -----------             -----------
                                                                                  
Net cash provided by operating activities               $   155,057             $   158,827

Cash flows provided by investing activities:
    Proceeds from disposal of equipment                     246,637                 479,038

Cash flows used in financing activities:
    Distribution to partners                               (466,987)               (843,590)
                                                        -----------             -----------

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                   (65,293)               (205,725)

Cash and cash equivalents at January 1                      786,433               1,274,362
                                                        -----------             -----------

Cash and cash equivalents at March 31                   $   721,140             $ 1,068,637
                                                        ===========             ===========





   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.





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                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                     NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



(1)      Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

         (a)      Nature of Operations

                  IEA Income Fund VI, A California Limited Partnership (the
                  "Partnership") is a limited partnership organized under the
                  laws of the State of California on August 1, 1984 for the
                  purpose of owning and leasing marine cargo containers
                  worldwide to ocean carriers. To this extent, the Partnership's
                  operations are subject to the fluctuations of world economic
                  and political conditions. Such factors may affect the pattern
                  and levels of world trade. The Partnership believes that the
                  profitability of, and risks associated with, leases to foreign
                  customers is generally the same as those of leases to domestic
                  customers. The Partnership's leases generally require all
                  payments to be made in United States currency.

                  The managing general partner is Cronos Capital Corp. ("CCC");
                  the associate general partners are four individuals. CCC, with
                  its affiliate Cronos Containers Limited (the "Leasing
                  Company"), manages the business of the Partnership. The
                  Partnership shall continue until December 31, 2006, unless
                  sooner terminated upon the occurrence of certain events.

                  The Partnership commenced operations on December 4, 1984, when
                  the minimum subscription proceeds of $1,000,000 were obtained.
                  The Partnership offered 60,000 units of limited partnership
                  interest at $500 per unit, or $30,000,000. The offering
                  terminated on October 11, 1985, at which time 43,920 limited
                  partnership units had been purchased.

         (b)      Leasing Company and Leasing Agent Agreement

                  Pursuant to the Limited Partnership Agreement of the
                  Partnership, all authority to administer the business of the
                  Partnership is vested in CCC. CCC has entered into a Leasing
                  Agent Agreement whereby the Leasing Company has the
                  responsibility to manage the leasing operations of all
                  equipment owned by the Partnership. Pursuant to the Agreement,
                  the Leasing Company is responsible for leasing, managing and
                  re-leasing the Partnership's containers to ocean carriers and
                  has full discretion over which ocean carriers and suppliers of
                  goods and services it may deal with. The Leasing Agent
                  Agreement permits the Leasing Company to use the containers
                  owned by the Partnership, together with other containers owned
                  or managed by the Leasing Company and its affiliates, as part
                  of a single fleet operated without regard to ownership. Since
                  the Leasing Agent Agreement meets the definition of an
                  operating lease in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
                  (SFAS) No. 13, it is accounted for as a lease under which the
                  Partnership is lessor and the Leasing Company is lessee.

                  The Leasing Agent Agreement generally provides that the
                  Leasing Company will make payments to the Partnership based
                  upon rentals collected from ocean carriers after deducting
                  direct operating expenses and management fees to CCC. The
                  Leasing Company leases containers to ocean carriers, generally
                  under operating leases which are either master leases or term
                  leases (mostly one to five years). Master leases do not
                  specify the exact number of containers to be leased or the
                  term that each container will remain on hire but allow the
                  ocean carrier to pick up and drop off containers at various
                  locations; rentals are based upon the number of containers
                  used and the applicable per-diem rate. Accordingly, rentals
                  under master leases are all variable and contingent upon the
                  number of containers used. Most containers are leased to ocean
                  carriers under master leases; leasing agreements with fixed
                  payment terms are not material to the financial statements.
                  Since there are no material minimum lease rentals, no
                  disclosure of minimum lease rentals is provided in these
                  financial statements.

                                                                     (Continued)



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                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                     NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



         (c)      Basis of Accounting

                  The Partnership utilizes the accrual method of accounting. Net
                  lease revenue is recorded by the Partnership in each period
                  based upon its leasing agent agreement with the Leasing
                  Company. Net lease revenue is generally dependent upon
                  operating lease rentals from operating lease agreements
                  between the Leasing Company and its various lessees, less
                  direct operating expenses and management fees due in respect
                  of the containers specified in each operating lease agreement.

         (d)      Financial Statement Presentation

                  These financial statements have been prepared without audit.
                  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included
                  in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
                  accepted accounting procedures have been omitted. It is
                  suggested that these financial statements be read in
                  conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying
                  notes in the Partnership's latest annual report on Form 10-K.

                  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
                  generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires the
                  Partnership to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
                  reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
                  contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
                  statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
                  during the reported period. Actual results could differ from
                  those estimates.

                  The interim financial statements presented herewith reflect
                  all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which are, in the
                  opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the
                  financial condition and results of operations for the interim
                  periods presented.

(2)      Net Lease Receivables Due from Leasing Company

         Net lease receivables due from the Leasing Company are determined by
         deducting direct operating payables and accrued expenses, base
         management fees payable, reimbursed administrative expenses and
         incentive fees payable to CCC and its affiliates from the rental
         billings payable by the Leasing Company to the Partnership under
         operating leases to ocean carriers for the containers owned by the
         Partnership. Net lease receivables at March 31, 1999 and December 31,
         1998 were as follows:




                                                                                                   March 31,         December 31,
                                                                                                     1999                1998
                                                                                                   --------          ------------
                                                                                                                      
               Lease receivables, net of doubtful accounts of $42,855 at March 31, 1999
                  and $59,225 at December 31, 1998                                                 $421,553            $459,232
               Less:
               Direct operating payables and accrued expenses                                       150,934             168,144
               Damage protection reserve                                                             29,396              31,651
               Base management fees                                                                  60,551              64,597
               Reimbursed administrative expenses                                                     5,721               5,866
               Incentive fees                                                                        46,865              51,887
                                                                                                   --------            --------
                                                                                                   $128,086            $137,087
                                                                                                   ========            ========


                                                                     (Continued)



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                               IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                        A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                     NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


(3)      Net Lease Revenue

         Net lease revenue is determined by deducting direct operating expenses,
         base management and incentive fees and reimbursed administrative
         expenses to CCC from the rental revenue billed by the Leasing Company
         under operating leases to ocean carriers for the containers owned by
         the Partnership. Net lease revenue for the three-month periods ended
         March 31, 1999 and 1998 was as follows:




                                                                   Three Months Ended
                                                              ----------------------------
                                                              March 31,           March 31,
                                                                1999                1998
                                                              --------            --------
                                                                                 
               Rental revenue (note 4)                        $304,955            $489,026
               Less:
               Rental equipment operating expenses              50,117              74,561
               Base management fees                             21,799              34,134
               Incentive fees                                   46,866              78,668
               Reimbursed administrative expenses               15,173              32,077
                                                              --------            --------
                                                              $171,000            $269,586
                                                              ========            ========



(4)      Operating Segment

         The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 131,
         "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information",
         which changes the way public business enterprises report financial and
         descriptive information about reportable operating segments. An
         operating segment is a component of an enterprise that engages in
         business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses,
         whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's
         chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be
         allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and about which
         separate financial information is available. Management operates the
         Partnership's container fleet as a homogenous unit and has determined,
         after considering the requirements of SFAS No. 131, that as such it has
         a single reportable operating segment.

         The Partnership derives its revenues from owning and leasing marine
         cargo containers. As of March 31, 1999, the Partnership operated 1,667
         twenty-foot, 816 forty-foot and 49 forty-foot high-cube marine dry
         cargo containers.

         Due to the Partnership's lack of information regarding the physical
         location of its fleet of containers when on lease in the global
         shipping trade, it is impracticable to provide the geographic area
         information required by SFAS No. 131. Any attempt to separate "foreign"
         operations from "domestic" operations would be dependent on definitions
         and assumptions that are so subjective as to render the information
         meaningless and potentially misleading.




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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
        of Operations

It is suggested that the following discussion be read in conjunction with the
Registrant's most recent annual report on Form 10-K.


1)       Material changes in financial condition between March 31, 1999 and
         December 31, 1998.

         During the first quarter of 1999, the Registrant continued disposing of
         containers as part of its ongoing container operations. Accordingly,
         219 containers were disposed during the first quarter of 1999,
         contributing to a decline in the Registrant's operating results. At
         March 31, 1999, 25% of the original equipment remained in the
         Registrant's fleet, as compared to 28% at December 31, 1998, and was
         comprised of the following:





                                                                                         40-Foot
                                                      20-Foot          40-Foot          High-Cube
                                                      -------          -------          ---------
                                                                               
               Containers on lease:
                      Term leases                        468              268                7
                      Master leases                      867              424               34
                                                       -----            -----            ----- 
                           Subtotal                    1,335              692               41

               Containers off lease                      332              124                8
                                                       -----            -----            -----

                      Total container fleet            1,667              816               49
                                                       =====            =====            =====





                                                                                                                40-Foot
                                                             20-Foot                  40-Foot                  High-Cube
                                                       -----------------        -----------------          --------------- 
                                                       Units          %         Units          %           Units        %
                                                       -----         ---        -----         ---          -----       --- 
                                                                                                      
               Total purchases                         6,102         100%       3,753         100%          75         100%
                      Less disposals                   4,435          73%       2,937          78%          26          35%
                                                       -----         ---        -----         ---          ---         --- 

               Remaining fleet at March 31, 1999       1,667          27%         816          22%          49          65%
                                                       =====         ===        =====         ===          ===         === 



         During the first quarter of 1999, distributions from operations and
         sales proceeds amounted to $466,987, reflecting distributions to the
         general and limited partners for the fourth quarter of 1998. This
         represents a decrease from the $527,434 distributed during the fourth
         quarter of 1998, reflecting distributions for the third quarter of
         1998. The decrease in distributions is attributable to a decrease in
         sales proceeds distributed to its partners. The Registrant's continuing
         disposal of containers should produce lower operating results and,
         consequently, lower distributions to its partners in subsequent
         periods. Sales proceeds distributed to its partners may fluctuate in
         subsequent periods, reflecting the level of container disposals.

         Growth in intra-Asian trade and improving lease-out activity in some
         key locations have expanded the requirement for leased containers in
         selected locations. As a result of these slowly improving trends, trade
         volumes in several markets are rebounding and utilization of the
         Registrant's equipment has been recently improving. However, per-diem
         rental rates remain unchanged and container imbalances are expected to
         continue for the remainder of 1999. In light of the encouraging signs
         mentioned above, the Registrant will selectively increase its
         repositioning of available equipment to higher demand locations when it
         believes that the impact will have a positive effect on operations.




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2)       Material changes in the results of operations between the three-month
         period ended March 31, 1999 and the three-month period ended March 31,
         1998.

         Net lease revenue for the three-month period ended March 31, 1999 was
         $171,000, a decline of 37% from the same three-month period in the
         prior year. Approximately 29% of the Registrant's net earnings for the
         three-month period ended March 31, 1999 were from gain on disposal of
         equipment, as compared to 32% for the same three-month period in the
         prior year. As the Registrant's disposals increase in subsequent
         periods, net gain on disposal should contribute significantly to the
         Registrant's net earnings and may fluctuate depending on the level of
         container disposals.

         Gross rental revenue (a component of net lease revenue) for the
         three-month period ended March 31, 1999 was $304,955, reflecting a
         decline of 38% from the comparable three-month period in 1998. Gross
         rental revenue was primarily impacted by the Registrant's diminishing
         fleet size and a decline in per-diem rental rates. Average per-diem
         rental rates decreased approximately 9% when compared to the same
         three-month period in the prior year. The Registrant's average fleet
         size and utilization rates for the three-month periods ended March 31,
         1999 and March 31, 1998 were as follows:




                                                                                               Three Months Ended
                                                                                            ----------------------------
                                                                                            March 31,          March 31,
                                                                                              1999               1998
                                                                                            ---------          ---------
                                                                                                           
               Average fleet size (measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU))            3,569             4,992
               Average Utilization                                                               83%               89%


         The age and declining size of the Registrant's fleet contributed to an
         82% decline in depreciation expense when compared to the same
         three-month period in the prior year. Rental equipment operating
         expenses were 16% of the Registrant's gross lease revenue during the
         three-month period ended March 31, 1999, as compared to 15% during the
         three-month period ended March 31, 1998. The Registrant's declining
         fleet size and related operating results also contributed to a decline
         in base management fees, reimbursed administrative expenses and
         incentive fees.



         Year 2000

         The Registrant relies upon the financial and operational systems
         provided by the Leasing Company and its affiliates, as well as the
         systems provided by other independent third parties to service the
         three primary areas of its business: investor processing/maintenance;
         container leasing/asset tracking; and accounting finance. The
         Registrant has received confirmation from its third-party investor
         processing/maintenance vendor that their system is Year 2000 compliant.
         The Registrant does not expect a material increase in its vendor
         servicing fee to reimburse Year 2000 costs. Container leasing/asset
         tracking and accounting/finance services are provided to the Registrant
         by CCC and its affiliate, the Leasing Company, pursuant to the
         respective Limited Partnership Agreement and Leasing Agent Agreement.
         CCC and the Leasing Company have initiated a program to prepare their
         systems and applications for the Year 2000. Preliminary studies
         indicate that testing, conversion and upgrading of system applications
         is expected to cost CCC and the Leasing Company less than $500,000.
         Pursuant to the Limited Partnership Agreement, CCC or the Leasing
         Company, may not seek reimbursement of data processing costs associated
         with the Year 2000 program. The financial impact of making these
         required system changes is not expected to be material to the
         Registrant's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.




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         Cautionary Statement

         This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains statements relating to
         future results of the Registrant, including certain projections and
         business trends, that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in
         the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results
         may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks
         and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in: economic
         conditions; trade policies; demand for and market acceptance of leased
         marine cargo containers; competitive utilization and per-diem rental
         rate pressures; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but
         not limited to those described above in the discussion of the marine
         container leasing business under Item 2., Management's Discussion and
         Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations; and those
         detailed from time to time in the filings of the Registrant with the
         Securities and Exchange Commission.


Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

         Not applicable.






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                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.     Legal Proceedings

            As reported in the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K and
            Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the
            Commission on February 7, 1997 and February 26, 1997, respectively,
            Arthur Andersen, London, England, resigned as auditors of The Cronos
            Group, (the "Parent Company"), on February 3, 1997.

            The Parent Company is the indirect corporate parent of CCC, the
            managing general partner of the Registrant. In its letter of
            resignation to the Parent Company, Arthur Andersen stated that it
            resigned as auditors of the Parent Company and all other entities
            affiliated with the Parent Company. While its letter of resignation
            was not addressed to CCC, Arthur Andersen confirmed to CCC that its
            resignation as auditors of the entities referred to in its letter of
            resignation included its resignation as auditors of CCC and the
            Registrant.

            CCC does not believe, based upon the information currently available
            to it, that Arthur Andersen's resignation was triggered by any
            concern over the accounting policies and procedures followed by the
            Registrant.

            Arthur Andersen's reports on the financial statements of CCC and the
            Registrant, for years preceding 1996, had not contained an adverse
            opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were any such reports
            qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting
            principles.

            During the Registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 and the
            subsequent interim period preceding Arthur Andersen's resignation,
            there were no disagreements between CCC or the Registrant and Arthur
            Andersen on any matter of accounting principles or practices,
            financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure.

            In connection with its resignation, Arthur Andersen also prepared a
            report pursuant to the provisions of Section 10A(b)(2) of the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for filing by the
            Parent Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
            "SEC"). Following the report of Arthur Andersen, the SEC, on
            February 10, 1997, commenced a private investigation of the Parent
            Company for the purpose of investigating the matters discussed in
            such report and related matters. The Registrant does not believe
            that the focus of the SEC's investigation is upon the Registrant or
            CCC. CCC is unable to predict the outcome of the SEC's ongoing
            private investigation of the Parent Company.


Item 3.     Defaults Upon Senior Securities

            See Item 5.  Other Information.


Item 5.     Other Information

            In 1993, the Parent Company negotiated a credit facility
            (hereinafter, the "Credit Facility") with several banks for the use
            by the Parent Company and its subsidiaries, including CCC. At
            December 31, 1996, approximately $73,500,000 in principal
            indebtedness was outstanding under the Credit Facility. As a party
            to the Credit Facility, CCC is jointly and severally liable for the
            repayment of all principal and interest owed under the Credit
            Facility. The obligations of CCC, and the five other subsidiaries of
            the Parent Company that are borrowers under the Credit Facility, are
            guaranteed by the Parent Company.




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            Following negotiations in 1997 with the banks providing the Credit
            Facility, an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was executed in
            June 1997, subject to various actions being taken by the Parent
            Company and its subsidiaries, primarily relating to the provision of
            additional collateral. This Agreement was further amended in July
            1997 and the provisions of the Agreement and its Amendment converted
            the facility to a term loan, payable in installments, with a final
            maturity date of May 31, 1998. The terms of the Agreement and its
            Amendment also provided for additional security over shares in the
            subsidiary of the Parent Company that owns the head office of the
            Parent Company's container leasing operations. They also provided
            for the loans to the former Chairman of $5,900,000 and $3,700,000 to
            be restructured as obligations of the former Chairman to another
            subsidiary of the Parent Company (not CCC), together with the pledge
            to this subsidiary company of 2,030,303 Common Shares beneficially
            owned by him in the Parent Company as security for these loans. They
            further provided for the assignment of these loans to the lending
            banks, together with the pledge of 1,000,000 shares and the
            assignment of the rights of the Parent Company in respect of the
            other 1,030,303 shares. Additionally, CCC granted the lending banks
            a security interest in the fees to which it is entitled for the
            services it renders to the container leasing partnerships of which
            it acts as general partner, including its fee income payable by the
            Registrant. The Parent Company did not repay the Credit Facility at
            the amended maturity date of May 31, 1998.

            On June 30, 1998, the Parent Company entered into a third amendment
            (the "Third Amendment") to the Credit Facility. Under the Third
            Amendment, the remaining principal amount of $36,800,000 was to be
            amortized in varying monthly amounts commencing on July 31, 1998
            with $26,950,000 due on September 30, 1998 and a final maturity date
            of January 8, 1999. The Parent Company did not repay the amounts due
            on September 30, 1998 and January 8, 1999. The balance outstanding
            on the Credit Facility at December 31, 1998 was $33,110,000.

            In March 1999, the Parent Company agreed to a fourth amendment (the
            "Fourth Amendment") to the Bank Facility under which the final
            maturity date will be September 1999. The Fourth Amendment became
            effective as of March 31, 1999 subject to the satisfaction
            thereafter of various conditions, including the delivery of the
            Parent Company's audited financial statements for 1998, together
            with various legal opinions and other loan documentation by April
            15, 1999. This date was extended to April 30, 1999. The Parent
            Company furnished the required legal opinions and other loan
            documentation which are now under review.

            The directors of the Parent Company also are pursuing alternative
            sources of financing to meet the amended repayment obligations
            anticipated under the Fourth Amendment. Failure to meet revised
            lending terms would constitute an event of default with the lenders.
            The declaration of an event of default would result in further
            defaults with other lenders under loan agreement cross-default
            provisions. Should a default of the term loans be enforced, the
            Parent Company and CCC may be unable to continue as going concerns.

            The Registrant is not a borrower under the Credit Facility, and
            neither the containers nor the other assets of the Registrant have
            been pledged as collateral under the Credit Facility.

            CCC is unable to determine the impact, if any, these issues may have
            on the future operating results, financial condition and cash flows
            of the Registrant or CCC and on the Leasing Company's ability to
            manage the Registrant's fleet in subsequent periods.




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Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)      Exhibits




          Exhibit
            No.                        Description                                                 Method of Filing
          --------  ------------------------------------------------------------              --------------------------
                                                                                        
           3(a)     Limited Partnership Agreement of the Registrant, amended and               *                        
                    restated as of October 11, 1984                                                                     
                                                                                                                        
           3(b)     Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Registrant                       **                       
                                                                                                                        
           27       Financial Data Schedule                                                    Filed with this document 


(b)      Reports on Form 8-K

         No reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Registrant during the quarter
ended March 31, 1999.

















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*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit "A" to the Prospectus of the
         Registrant dated October 12, 1984, included as part of Registration
         Statement on Form S-1 (No. 2-92883)

**       Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement
         on Form S-1 (No. 2-92883)




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                                   SIGNATURES



         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.




                                       IEA INCOME FUND VI,
                                       A California Limited Partnership


                                       By  Cronos Capital Corp.
                                           The Managing General Partner


                                       By  /s/ Dennis J. Tietz
                                           ----------------------------------
                                           Dennis J. Tietz
                                           President and Director of Cronos 
                                           Capital Corp. ("CCC")
                                           Principal Executive Officer of CCC



Date: May 15, 1999



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX





         Exhibit
            No.                              Description                                     Method of Filing
         --------   ------------------------------------------------------------          ------------------------
                                                                                    
           3(a)     Limited Partnership Agreement of the Registrant, amended and          *                       
                    restated as of October 11, 1984                                                               
                                                                                                                  
           3(b)     Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Registrant                  **                      
                                                                                                                  
           27       Financial Data Schedule                                               Filed with this document













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*        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit "A" to the Prospectus of the
         Registrant dated October 12, 1984, included as part of Registration
         Statement on Form S-1 (No. 2-92883)

**       Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement
         on Form S-1 (No. 2-92883)