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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                          PROLIANCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                       NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                         (DIRECTOR'S REPLACEMENT OPTION)

     This Agreement (this "Agreement") is made as of July 22, 2005 (the "Date of
Grant"), by and between Proliance International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and [Optionee] (the "Optionee") who (1) is a member of the
Company's Board of Directors and (2) is not an employee of the Company or its
subsidiaries.

1.   Grant of Stock Option. Subject to and upon the terms, conditions, and
     restrictions set forth in this Agreement and in the Proliance
     International, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby
     grants to the Optionee as of the Date of Grant a stock option (the
     "Option") to purchase [      ] Common Shares (the "Optioned Shares"). The
     Option may be exercised from time to time in accordance with the terms of
     this Agreement. The price at which the Optioned Shares may be purchased
     pursuant to the Option will be $[ the exercise price of the option under
     the 1995 Nonemployee Directors Stock Option Plan that this Option is
     replacing], subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided (the "Option
     Price"). The Option is intended to be a nonqualified stock option and will
     not be treated as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of that
     term under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, or any successor
     provision thereto.

2.   Term of Option. Subject to earlier termination provided in Section 6
     hereof, this Option will expire on the later to occur of the third
     anniversary of the Date of Grant and the date that the option under the
     1995 Nonemployee Directors Stock Option Plan that this Option is replacing
     would expire (i.e.,      ) (the "Expiration Date").

3.   Right to Exercise.

     a)   Subject to Section 6 hereof, the Option will be immediately
          exercisable in full from time to time prior to the expiration date
          hereof.

     b)   To the extent the Option is exercisable, it may be exercised in whole
          or in part. The Optionee will be entitled to the privileges of
          ownership with respect to Optioned Shares purchased and delivered to
          the Optionee upon the exercise of all or part of the Option. If the
          Optionee subsequently becomes an employee of the Company while
          remaining a member of the Company's Board of Directors, the Option
          will not be affected thereby.

4.   Option Nontransferable. The Option granted hereby will be neither
     transferable nor assignable by the Optionee other than by will or by the
     laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime
     of the Optionee, only by the Optionee, or in the event of his or her legal
     incapacity, by his or her guardian or legal representative acting on behalf
     of the Optionee in a fiduciary capacity under state or foreign law and
     court supervision. In the event the Option is exercisable after the
     Optionee's death as permitted by this Agreement, this Option may be
     exercised by the Optionee's executor or administrator or by the distributee
     or legatee to whom this Option was transferred by will or the laws of
     descent and distribution.

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5.   Notice of Exercise; Payment.

     a)   To the extent then exercisable, the Option may be exercised by written
          notice to the Secretary of the Company stating the number of Optioned
          Shares for which the Option is being exercised and the intended manner
          of payment.

     b)   Payment equal to the aggregate Option Price of the Optioned Shares for
          which the Option is being exercised will be tendered in full with the
          notice of exercise in cash in the form of currency or check or other
          cash equivalent acceptable to the Company. The Optionee may also
          tender the Option Price by (i) the actual or constructive transfer to
          the Company of nonforfeitable, nonrestricted whole shares of the
          Company's common stock ("Common Shares") that have been owned by the
          Optionee for more than six months prior to the date of exercise or
          (ii) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment, including a
          partial tender in cash and a partial tender in nonforfeitable,
          nonrestricted Common Shares. Nonforfeitable, nonrestricted Common
          Shares that are transferred by the Optionee in payment of all or any
          part of the Option Price will be valued on the basis of the last sales
          price of the Common Shares on the principal national securities
          exchange on which the Common Shares are traded or quoted (the "Market
          Value Per Share") on the date the notice of exercise is received by
          the Company (or if no sale of Common Shares was made on that date, on
          the next preceding date on which there was a sale). Fractional Common
          Shares may not be issued by the Company and any such fractional Common
          Share will be eliminated.

     c)   If permitted by applicable law, the requirement of payment in cash
          will be deemed satisfied if the Optionee makes arrangements that are
          satisfactory to the Company with a broker to sell on the exercise date
          a sufficient number of Optioned Shares that are being purchased
          pursuant to the exercise, so that the net proceeds of the sale
          transaction are at least equal to the amount of the aggregate Option
          Price plus payment of any applicable withholding taxes, and pursuant
          to which the broker undertakes to deliver to the Company the amount of
          the aggregate Option Price plus payment of any applicable withholding
          taxes on a date satisfactory to the Company, but not later than the
          date on which the sale transaction will settle in the ordinary course
          of business.

     d)   As a further condition precedent to the exercise of the Option, the
          Optionee will comply with all regulations and requirements of any
          regulatory authority having control of, or supervision over, the
          issuance of Common Shares and in connection therewith will execute any
          documents that the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion deems
          necessary or advisable. The date of the Optionee's written notice will
          be the exercise date.

6.   Termination of Agreement.

     a)   Subject to Section 6(b) and Section 6(c), this Agreement and the
          Option granted hereby will terminate automatically and without further
          notice on the earliest of the following dates:

          i.   three years after the Optionee's cessation of service as a member
               of the Company's Board of Directors for any reason; or

          ii.  the Expiration Date.

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     b)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if upon the
          Optionee's cessation of service as a member of the Company's Board of
          Directors the Optionee becomes an employee of, or senior management
          consultant to, the Company and/or its subsidiaries, this Agreement and
          the Option will not terminate pursuant to Section 6(a)(i) until (i) if
          the Optionee permanently ceases to render employment or consulting
          services to the Company and/or its subsidiaries for any reason other
          than cessation by reason of death, the third anniversary of the date
          of such cessation of services and (ii) if the Optionee ceases to
          render employment or consulting services on account of his or her
          death, the third anniversary of the date of the cessation of the
          Optionee's services; provided, however, that in no event may this
          Option be exercised beyond, and the Option will terminate upon, the
          Expiration Date.

     c)   If the Optionee dies prior to the date provided in Section 6(a), or if
          cessation of service is due to the Optionee's death, this Option may
          be exercised at any time within such period by the Optionee's executor
          or administrator or by his or her distributee to whom this Option may
          have been transferred by will or by the laws of descent and
          distribution.

7.   No Right to Continue. None of the Plan, the granting of the Option or any
     other action taken pursuant to the Plan will constitute or be evidence of
     any grant or understanding, express or implied, that the Optionee has a
     right to continue as a director for any period of time or at any particular
     rate of compensation.

8.   Taxes and Withholding. To the extent that the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries is required to withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes
     in connection with the exercise of the Option, and the amounts available to
     the Company or such subsidiary for such withholding are insufficient, it
     will be a condition to the exercise of the Option that the Optionee makes
     arrangements that are satisfactory to the Company or such subsidiary for
     the payment thereof. The Optionee may elect to satisfy all or any part of
     any such withholding obligation by (a) surrendering to the Company a
     portion of the Optioned Shares that are issued or transferred to the
     Optionee upon the exercise of the Option, and the Optioned Shares so
     surrendered by the Optionee will be credited against any such withholding
     obligation at the Market Value per Share of such shares on the date of such
     surrender or (b) utilizing the broker assistance arrangement provided in
     Section 5.

9.   Compliance with Law. The Company will make reasonable efforts to comply
     with all applicable federal and state securities laws; provided, however,
     that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Option will
     not be exercisable if the exercise thereof would result in a violation of
     any such law.

10.  Adjustments. The Compensation Committee may make or provide for such
     adjustments in the Option in light of any stock split, subdivision of
     shares or other change in the Company's capital structure as provided in
     the Plan. In the event of any such transaction or event, the Compensation
     Committee, in its discretion, may provide in substitution for the Option
     such alternative consideration as it may determine to be equitable and may
     require in connection therewith the surrender of the Option.

11.  Availability of Common Shares. The Company will at all times until the
     expiration of the Option reserve and keep available, either in its treasury
     or out of its authorized but unissued Common Shares, the full number of
     Optioned Shares deliverable upon the exercise of the Option.

12.  Amendments. Any amendment to the Plan will be deemed to be an amendment to
     this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto;
     provided, however, that no amendment will impair the rights of the Optionee
     under this Agreement without the Optionee's consent.

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13.  Severability. In the event that one or more of the provisions of this
     Agreement is invalidated for any reason by a court of competent
     jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated will be deemed to be separable
     from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof will
     continue to be valid and fully enforceable.

14.  Relation to Plan. This Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of
     the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this
     Agreement and the Plan, the Plan as interpreted and construed by the
     Compensation Committee will govern. Capitalized terms used herein without
     definition will have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. The
     Compensation Committee acting pursuant to the Plan, as constituted from
     time to time, will, except as expressly provided otherwise herein, have the
     right to determine any questions which arise in connection with the Option
     or its exercise. Except as set forth in the Plan, all other terms of this
     Option will be governed by the terms of the 1995 Nonemployee Directors
     Stock Option Plan.

15.  Successors and Assigns. Without limiting Section 4 hereof, the provisions
     of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the
     successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of the
     Optionee, and the successors and assigns of the Company.

16.  Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this
     Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without
     giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party to
     this Agreement hereby consents and submits himself, herself or itself to
     the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for the purposes of
     any legal action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement.

17.  Notices. Any notice to the Company provided for herein will be in writing
     to the Company and any notice to the Optionee will be addressed to the
     Optionee at his or her address on file with the Company. Except as
     otherwise provided herein, any written notice will be deemed to be duly
     given if and when delivered personally or sent by registered mail or
     electronic means of communication, and addressed as aforesaid. Any party
     may change the address to which notices are to be given hereunder by notice
     to the other party as herein specified (provided that for this purpose any
     mailed notice will be deemed given on the third business day following
     deposit of the same in the mail).

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed on
its behalf by its duly authorized officer and Optionee has also executed this
Agreement in duplicate, as of the day and year first above written.

                                         PROLIANCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                         By:
                                             -------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

The undersigned Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of an executed original of
this Stock Option Agreement and accepts the Option granted hereunder, subject to
the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions set forth
herein.

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