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+--------+                                    UNITED STATES
| FORM 5 |                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
+--------+                                Washington, D.C. 20549

[_] Check box if
    no longer subject     ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    to Section 16.
    Form 4 or Form 5       Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
    obligations may           Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
    continue. See            Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
    Instruction 1(b).      Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported

[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*

        WINGATE                     GORDON                            R.
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        (Last)                      (First)                        (Middle)

                      600 Century Plaza Drive, Suite 140
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                                   (Street)

       Houston                        TX                           77073-6014
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        (City)                      (State)                           (Zip)


2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol  Industrial Data Systems
                                              Corporation (AMEX: IDS)
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3.  I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
    (Voluntary)
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4.  Statement for Month/Year     December 2001
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5.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
                                                              X
    ___ Director Officer         ____ 10% Owner              ____ Other
    (give title below)                                       (specify below)

    Former director of Issuer -- see note 3

7.  Individual or Joint/Group Reporting  (check applicable line)
     X
    ___ Form Filed by One Reporting Person

    ___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned



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1. Title of Security         2. Trans-    3. Trans-     4. Securities Acquired (A)   5. Amount of        6. Owner-    7. Nature
   (Instr. 3)                   action       action        or Disposed of (D)           Securities          ship         of In-
                                Date         Code          (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          Beneficially        Form:        direct
                                (Month/      (Instr. 8)                                 Owned at the        Direct       Bene-
                                Day/                                                    end of              (D) or       ficial
                                Year)                                                   Issuer's            Indirect     Owner-
                                                                 (A) or                 Fiscal Year         (I)          ship
                                                        Amount   (D)        Price       (Instr. 3 and 4)    (Instr. 4)   (Instr. 4)
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 Table II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
        (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)



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 1. Title of Derivative            2. Conver-          3. Trans-           4. Transac-            5. Number of Deriv-
    Security (Instr. 3)               sion or             action              tion Code              ative Securities
                                      Exercise            Date                (Instr. 8)             Acquired (A) or
                                      Price of            (Month/                                    Disposed of (D)
                                      Deriv-              Day/                                       (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
                                      ative               Year)
                                      Security
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                                                                                                         (A)         (D)
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Common Stock                            $1.00             12/1/01                 L/A                     A
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6. Date Exer-          7. Title and Amount of            8. Price         9. Number            10. Owner-         11. Na-
   cisable and            Underlying Securities             of               of Deriv-             ship               ture
   Expiration             (Instr. 3 and 4)                  Deriv-           ative                 of De-             of In-
   Date                                                     ative            Secur-                rivative           direct
   (Month/Day/                                              Secur-           ities                 Secu-              Bene-
   Year)                                                    ity              Bene-                 rity:              ficial
                                                            (Instr. 5)       ficially              Direct             Owner-
 --------------------------------------------                                Owned                 (D) or             ship
 Date          Expira-              Amount or                                at End                Indi-              (Instr. 4)
 Exer-         tion         Title   Number of                                of Year               rect (1)
 cisable       Date                 Shares                                   (Instr. 4)            (Instr. 4)

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Note 1         12/1/11       Note 2     5,000               N/A                20,000                 D                   N/A
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction
4(b)(v).

Explanation of Responses:
NOTE 1.  Gradual Vesting, fully exercisable 12/31/2005
NOTE 2.  Option, giving right to buy

         /s/  Gordon R. Wingate          February 13, 2002
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       **Signature of Reporting Person        Date

   **  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.