Exhibit 23.2

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Standard Automotive Corporation
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey

       We hereby  consent to the use in the  Prospectus  constituting  a part of
this Registration Statement of our report dated August 11, 1997, relating to the
financial  statement of Standard  Automotive  Corporation  which is contained in
that Prospectus.

      We also consent to the reference to us under the caption  "Experts" in the
Prospectus.


                                               /s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
                                                BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
  
   
                                                Woodbridge, New Jersey
                                                November 17, 1997