UNITED STATES
                                
               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 or earliest event reported) January 28, 2005


                  AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                
                                
 Pennsylvania              1-898               25-1117717

(State or other      (Commission file number)     (I.R.S. Employer
 jurisdiction                                      Identification
 of incorporation)                                 Number)


        600 Grant Street
         Pittsburgh, PA                         15219

     (Address of principal                   (Zip Code)
      executive offices)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (412) 456-4400


 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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Item 4.02(a) Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial
Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review

     As announced in a press release dated January 27, 2005,
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (the "Corporation") intends to
restate its financial statements for the three years ended
December 31, 2003.  The full text of the press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.
     
     The Corporation expects to file restated financial
statements during the first week of February.
     
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

    99.1 Press Release dated January 27, 2005 regarding restatement
         of its financial statements for the three years ended December
         31, 2003.




                           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.


                              AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION



Date:  January 28, 2005       By:  s/Ernest G. Siddons
                                   Ernest G. Siddons
                                   President