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)  July 20, 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.)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is
intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.21 below):

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     Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 2.02. Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.


     On July 20, 2005, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation issued a press
release announcing its results for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2005. A copy of the press release is attached hereto and is
being furnished to the SEC.






                           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:  July 20, 2005          By:  s/Ernest G. Siddons
                                   Ernest G. Siddons
                                   President