EXHIBIT 32(B)


                         CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Core Molding Technologies,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Herman F. Dick, Jr., Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:

         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.


                                        /s/ Herman F. Dick, Jr.
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                                        Herman F. Dick, Jr.
                                        Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
                                        August 16, 2004




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