Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation

Authorization and Designation
to Sign and File
Section 16 Reporting Forms

        I, the undersigned, do hereby authorize and designate Rose Hoover and/or Marliss D. Johnson to sign and file on my behalf any and all Forms or Reports pursuant to the requirements of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (the "Company"), including, without limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5, all successor or similar forms and any and all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any such statements, reports or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises (including, without limitation, completing, executing and delivering a Form ID to apply for electronic filing codes), as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the responsibilities of the undersigned to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other legal requirement.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in writing by the undersigned.

                                                        ______s/Rose Hoover_________
                                                        
Date: ___________________