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                                EXHIBIT 24

                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and
THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them, such individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such individual and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K of HASTINGS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31, 1998, together with
any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



                              Signature:   /S/ DALE W. KOOP                   

                              Print Name:  DALE W. KOOP                       

                              Title:       DIRECTOR                          





















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                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and
THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them, such individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such individual and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K of HASTINGS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31, 1998, together with
any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



                              Signature:   /S/MONTY C. BENNETT                

                              Print Name:  MONTY C. BENNETT                  

                              Title:       DIRECTOR                          
























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                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and
THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them, such individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such individual and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K of HASTINGS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31, 1998, together with
any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



                              Signature:   /S/DOUGLAS A. DECAMP               

                              Print Name:  DOUGLAS A DECAMP                  

                              Title:       DIRECTOR                          
























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                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and
THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them, such individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such individual and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K of HASTINGS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31, 1998, together with
any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



                              Signature:   /S/NEIL A. GARDNER                 

                              Print Name:  NEIL A. GARDNER                   

                              Title:       DIRECTOR                          
























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                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints ANDREW F. JOHNSON and
THOMAS J. BELLGRAPH, and each of them, such individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such individual and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K of HASTINGS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the year ended December 31, 1998, together with
any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



                              Signature:   /S/RICHARD L. FOSTER               

                              Print Name:  RICHARD L. FOSTER                 

                              Title:       DIRECTOR