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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, Textron Financial Corporation ("TFC") a Delaware
corporation, and the undersigned directors and officers of TFC, do hereby
constitute and appoint Elizabeth C. Perkins and William J. Clegg, and each of
them, with full powers of substitution, their true and lawful attorneys and
agents to do or cause to be done any and all acts and things and to execute and
deliver any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys and agents,
or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable TFC to comply
with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with
the filing of TFC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January
1, 2000, including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to
sign the names of the undersigned directors and officers in the capacities
indicated below and to sign the names of such officers on behalf of TFC to such
Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to any and all
amendments to such Annual Report, to any instruments or documents or other
writings in which the original or copies thereof are to be filed as a part of or
in connection with such Annual Report or amendments thereto, and to file or
cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and each
of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and
agents, and each of them, shall do or cause to be done hereunder and such
attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall have, and may exercise, all of the
powers hereby conferred.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TFC has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
and delivered in its name and on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized
officer and its corporate seal affixed, and each of the undersigned has signed
his or her name thereto, on this 15th day of March, 2000.
                                          TEXTRON FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                          By: /s/ STEPHEN A. GILIOTTI
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                                            Stephen A. Giliotti
                                            Chairman, President & CEO
ATTEST:

/s/ ELIZABETH C. PERKINS
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Elizabeth C. Perkins
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

                                          /s/ LEWIS B. CAMPBELL
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                                          Lewis B. Campbell
                                          Director

                                          /s/ JOHN A. JANITZ
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                                          John A. Janitz
                                          Director

                                          /s/ EDWARD C. ARDITTE
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                                          Edward C. Arditte
                                          Director

                                          /s/ TERRENCE O'DONNELL
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                                          Terrence O'Donnell
                                          Director