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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000007533-98-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19980112
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980114
SROS:			AMEX

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARROW AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000007533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		IRS NUMBER:				041449115
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07737
		FILM NUMBER:		98506398

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 SPEEN ST
		CITY:			FRAMINGHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5088723711

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 SPEEN STREET
		CITY:			FRAMINGHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01701
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED-JANUARY 2, 1998):

                       ARROW AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  MASSACHUSETTS                     1-7377                       04-1449115
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                                         Identification Number)

                 3 SPEEN STREET, FRAMINGHAM, MA  01701
               (Address of principal executive offices)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  508/872-3711.
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     On January 2, 1998, Arrow Automotive Industries, Inc. (the "Company")
announced that it has engaged the investment banking firm of Advest, Inc. to
act as its exclusive financial advisor and to assist the Company to identify
and investigate strategic opportunities for increasing and maximizing
shareholder value.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                       Arrow Automotive Industries, Inc.


Dated:  January 14, 1998               By:  /S/ JAMES F.FAGAN
                                       James F. Fagan, Executive Vice President
                                       and Chief Financial Officer


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