EXHIBIT 5.1


                    [LETTERHEAD OF DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS]

                                     December 19, 1997



Delco Remy International, Inc.
2902 Enterprise Drive
Anderson, IN 46013

          Re:  Form S-4 Registration Statement
               Registration No. 333-39243
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Gentlemen and Ladies:

          We have acted as counsel to Delco Remy International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), Delco Remy America, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("DRA"), Reman Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Reman"), Remy
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Remy"), Marine Drive Systems,
Inc., a New Jersey corporation ("Marine Drive" and collectively with DRA, Reman,
and Remy, the "Relevant Subsidiaries"), The A&B Group, Inc., a Mississippi
corporation, A&B Enterprises, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, Dalex, Inc. a
Mississippi corporation, A&B Cores, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, MCA, Inc.
of Mississippi, a Mississippi corporation, R&L Tool Company, Inc., a Mississippi
corporation, Nabco, Inc. a Michigan corporation, Power Investments, Inc., an
Indiana corporation, Franklin Power Products, Inc., an Indiana corporation,
International Fuel Systems, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Marine Corporation of
America, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Powrbilt Products, Inc., a Texas

 
corporation, and World Wide Automotive, Inc., a Virginia corporation (such
companies collectively with the Relevant Subsidiaries, the "Guarantors") in
connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form
S-4 (Registration No. 333-39243), originally filed on October 31, 1997, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as subsequently amended by an
amendment to be filed today (the "Registration Statement"), relating to the
proposed issuance of an aggregate of up to $140,000,000 principal amount of
105/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2006 (the "Exchange Notes") of the Company
and guaranteed by the Guarantors (the "Exchange Guaranties"). The Exchange Notes
are to be issued in exchange for an equal aggregate principal amount of
Company's outstanding 105/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "Existing
Notes") and the Guarantors' guaranties thereof pursuant to the Registration
Agreement among the Company, the Guarantors, Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith
Barney Inc. The Exchange Notes are to be issued pursuant to the terms of an
Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement (the "Indenture"),
among the Company, the Guarantors and National City Bank.

          We have participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement
and have made such legal and factual examination and inquiry which we have
deemed advisable for the rendering of this opinion.  In making our examination
we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to all authentic
original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.  Based on the
foregoing, it is our opinion that:

          1.   The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company, and
when the Registration Statement has been declared effective, when the Exchange
Notes have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, and issued and delivered against exchange of the
Existing Notes in accordance with the terms set forth in the prospectus included
in the Registration Statement, the Exchange Notes will constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their 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.

          2.   Each Exchange Guaranty issued by a Relevant Subsidiary has been
duly authorized by the respective Relevant Subsidiary and when the Registration
Statement has been declared effective, when the Exchange Notes have been duly
executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and when the Senior Notes have been issued and delivered against the
exchange of the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms set forth in the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement, the Exchange Guaranties will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Relevant Subsidiary,
enforceable against each Relevant Subsidiary 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 for your benefit in
connection with the transaction contemplated herein. 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 governmental
agency, quoted, cited or otherwise referred to without our prior written
consent, except as noted 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."  In giving such consent we do not
thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    /s/ Dechert Price & Rhoads