AMENDMENT NO. 3
                             TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
                          WAREHOUSING CREDIT AGREEMENT
                              (TEC AcquiSub, Inc.)


         THIS  AMENDMENT  NO.  3 TO  AMENDED  AND  RESTATED  WAREHOUSING  CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of October 3, 1997 (the "Amendment"),  is entered into by and
among TEC ACQUISUB, INC., a California special purpose corporation ("Borrower"),
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA ("FUNB"), FLEET BANK, N.A. ("Fleet")
and each other financial  institution which may hereafter execute and deliver an
instrument of assignment  pursuant to Section 11.10 of the Credit  Agreement (as
defined  below) (any one  financial  institution  individually,  a "Lender," and
collectively,  "Lenders"),  and FUNB,  as agent on behalf of Lenders (not in its
individual  capacity,  but  solely as agent,  "Agent").  Capitalized  terms used
herein without  definition  shall have the same meanings herein as given to them
in the Credit Agreement.

                                    RECITALS



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         A.  Borrower,  Lenders  and Agent have  entered  into that  Amended and
Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 1995, as amended
by that Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May
31, 1996 and that Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
as of  November 5, 1996 (as so amended,  the "Credit  Agreement"),  by and among
Borrower,  FUNB (as the sole Lender party  thereto) and Agent  pursuant to which
Lenders have agreed to extend and make available to Borrower certain advances of
money.

         B. Borrower  desires that Lenders and Agent amend the Credit  Agreement
to extend the  Commitment  Termination  Date from October 3, 1997 to November 3,
1997.

         C. Subject to the  representations  and warranties of Borrower and upon
the terms and  conditions  set forth in this  Amendment,  Lenders  and Agent are
willing to so amend the Credit Agreement.

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW,  THEREFORE,   in  consideration  of  the  foregoing  Recitals  and
intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         SECTION  1.  AMENDMENT.   SECTION  1.  AMENDMENT.   The  definition  of
"Commitment  Termination  Date" set forth in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement
is deleted and replaced with the following:

                  "Commitment Termination Date" means November 3, 1997.



         SECTION 2.        LIMITATIONS ON AMENDMENT2.LIMITATIONS ON AMENDMENT.

                  (a) The amendment set forth in Section 1, above,  is effective
for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited  precisely as written and
shall not be deemed to (i) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification
of any other term or condition of any Loan Document or (ii) otherwise  prejudice
any  right or  remedy  which  Lenders  or Agent  may now have or may have in the
future under or in connection with any Loan Document.

                  (b) This Amendment  shall be construed in connection  with and
as part  of the  Loan  Documents  and all  terms,  conditions,  representations,
warranties,  covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as
herein waived or amended,  are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in
full force and effect.

         SECTION 3.        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


         3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. In order to induce Lenders and Agent
to enter into this  Amendment,  Borrower  represents and warrants to each Lender
and Agent as follows:

                  (a) Immediately  after giving effect to this Amendment (i) the
representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents (other than those
which expressly speak as of a different date) are true, accurate and complete in
all  material  respects  as of the date  hereof  and (ii) no Default or Event of
Default,  or event which constitutes a Potential Event of Default,  has occurred
and is continuing;

                  (b) Borrower has the corporate  power and authority to execute
and  deliver  this  Amendment  and to perform its  Obligations  under the Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and each of the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party;

                  (c)  The   articles   of   incorporation,   bylaws  and  other
organizational  documents  of Borrower  delivered  to each Lender as a condition
precedent to the  effectiveness of the Credit  Agreement are true,  accurate and
complete  and  have not  been  amended,  supplemented  or  restated  and are and
continue to be in full force and effect;

                  (d) The execution  and delivery by Borrower of this  Amendment
and the performance by Borrower of its Obligations  under the Credit  Agreement,
as amended by this  Amendment,  and each of the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party have been duly  authorized by all necessary  corporate  action on the
part of Borrower;

                  (e) The execution  and delivery by Borrower of this  Amendment
and the performance by Borrower of its respective  Obligations  under the Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and each of the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party do not and will  not  contravene  (i) any law or  regulation
binding on or affecting Borrower, (ii) the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or
other organizational  documents of Borrower, (iii) any order, judgment or decree
of any court or other  governmental or public body or authority,  or subdivision
thereof,  binding on Borrower or (iv) any contractual  restriction binding on or
affecting Borrower;

                  (f) The execution  and delivery by Borrower of this  Amendment
and the performance by Borrower of its Obligations  under the Credit  Agreement,
as amended by this  Amendment,  and each of the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party do not require any order, consent, approval,  license,  authorization
or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any
governmental  or public body or authority,  or subdivision  thereof,  binding on
Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and

                  (g) This  Amendment  has been duly  executed and  delivered by
Borrower and is the binding  Obligation of Borrower,  enforceable  against it in
accordance  with its  terms,  except as such  enforceability  may be  limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar
laws of general  application and equitable  principles  relating to or affecting
creditors' rights.

         SECTION 4.        REAFFIRMATION.

         SECTION 4.  REAFFIRMATION.  Borrower  hereby  reaffirms its Obligations
under each Loan Document to which it is a party.

         SECTION 5.        EFFECTIVENESS.

         SECTION 5.  EFFECTIVENESS.  This Amendment shall become  effective upon
the last to occur of:

                  (a) The execution and delivery of this Amendment,  whether the
same or different copies, by Borrower, Lenders and Agent.

                  (b) Satisfaction, to the approval of Lenders and Agent, of all
conditions  precedent to the  effectiveness of Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended
and Restated  Warehousing  Credit  Agreement  dated as of the date hereof by and
among the Growth Funds, Lenders and Agent.

                  (c) Satisfaction, to the approval of Lenders and Agent, of all
conditions  precedent to the  effectiveness  of Amendment  No. 2 to  Warehousing
Credit  Agreement  dated as of the date  hereof by and among  AFG,  Lenders  and
Agent.

         SECTION 6.        GOVERNING LAW.

         SECTION 6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND SHALL
BE  CONSTRUED  AND  ENFORCED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

         SECTION 7. CLAIMS,  COUNTERCLAIMS,  DEFENSES, RIGHTS OF SET-OFF.SECTION

         7.CLAIMS,  COUNTERCLAIMS,  DEFENSES, RIGHTS OF SET-OFF. BORROWER HEREBY
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO AGENT AND EACH LENDER THAT IT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY
FACTS THAT WOULD SUPPORT A CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, DEFENSE OR RIGHT OF SET-OFF.

SECTION 8. COUNTERPARTS.

         SECTION 8. COUNTERPARTS.  This Amendment may be signed in any number of
counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, with the
same effect as if the  signatures  to each such  counterpart  were upon a single
instrument. All counterparts shall be deemed an original of this Amendment.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed as of the date first written above.

BORROWER               TEC ACQUISUB, INC.


                       By:
                            J. Michael Allgood
                            Chief Financial Officer


LENDERS                FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA



                       By:
                       Printed Name:
                       Title:


                       FLEET BANK, N.A.


                       By:
                       Printed Name:
                       Title:


AGENT                  FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, as Agent


                       By:
                       Printed Name:
                       Title:


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                          ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENT
                          AND REAFFIRMATION OF GUARANTY
                               (PLMI/Tec AcquiSub)


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         SECTION 1. PLM  International,  Inc.  ("PLMI") hereby  acknowledges and
confirms  that it has reviewed and  approved  the terms and  conditions  of this
Amendment  No.  3  to  Amended  and  Restated   Warehousing   Credit   Agreement
("Amendment").

         SECTION 2. PLMI hereby  consents to this  Amendment and agrees that its
Guaranty  of the  Obligations  of  Borrower  under the  Credit  Agreement  shall
continue in full force and effect,  shall be valid and enforceable and shall not
be impaired or  otherwise  affected by the  execution  of this  Amendment or any
other document or instrument delivered in connection herewith.

         SECTION 3. PLMI  represents and warrants  that,  after giving effect to
this Amendment, all representations and warranties contained in its Guaranty are
true, accurate and complete as if made the date hereof.

GUARANTOR                                   PLM INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                            By
                                                     J. Michael Allgood
                                                     Chief Financial Officer