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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 OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): December 3, 2004

STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   0-8493
(Commission File Number)		   74-1051605
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2707 North Loop West
Houston, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
 

77008
(Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 868-7700

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.2. below):

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 2.02(a). Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

All of the information furnished in Item 2.02(a) of this report and the accompanying exhibit(s) shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On December 3, 2004, Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. (the "Company") issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing its fiscal 2004 third quarter results.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1    Company Press Release dated December 3, 2004, titled "Stewart & Stevenson Services Reports Third Quarter 2004 Results"


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 hereto duly authorized.

    STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.

Date: December 3, 2004
 
By:
/s/ John B. Simmons
    Name: John B. Simmons
    Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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99.1
 
Company Press Release dated December 3, 2004, titled "Stewart & Stevenson Services Reports Third Quarter 2004 Results".



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