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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


                          [DYKEMA GOSSETT LETTERHEAD]








                                  July 9, 1999



Venture Holdings Company LLC
33662 James J. Pompo Drive
Fraser, Michigan 48026

          Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-4 in Connection With
               the Exchange Offer of (i) 11% Senior Notes due 2007
               for outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2007 and (ii)
               12% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 for
               outstanding 12% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009

Gentlemen:

         We have acted as special counsel for Venture Holdings Company LLC
("Venture"), a Michigan limited liability company and successor to Venture
Holdings Trust under the Indentures (as defined herein), Vemco, Inc., Venture
Industries Corporation, Venture Mold & Engineering Corporation, Venture Leasing
Company, Vemco Leasing, Inc., Venture Holdings Corporation, Venture Service
Company, Venture Europe, Inc. and Venture EU Corporation, each a Michigan
corporation, and Experience Management LLC, a Michigan limited liability company
(each a "Guarantor" and, together with Venture, the "Issuers"), in connection
with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the exchange
offer by the Issuers of (i) $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11%
Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Senior Exchange Notes") for outstanding 11% Senior
Notes due 2007 (the "Senior Note Exchange") and (ii) $125,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 12% Senior Subordinated Notes (the "Senior Subordinated
Exchange Notes" and, together with the Senior Exchange Notes, the "Exchange
Notes") for outstanding 12% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "Senior
Subordinated Note Exchange" and, together with the Senior Note Exchange, the
"Exchange Offer"). The Exchange Notes are to be issued pursuant to Indentures,
each dated May 27, 1999 (the "Indentures"), between Venture Holdings Trust and
The Huntington National Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee").

         In so acting, we have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such of the Issuers'
records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are
necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below.


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         Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

                  The Exchange Notes, when executed and authenticated in
                  accordance with the terms of the Indentures, and upon issuance
                  in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer in the
                  prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement
                  (the "Prospectus"), will be valid and binding obligations of
                  the Issuers, enforceable against the Issuers in accordance
                  with their terms, except as (a) the enforceability thereof may
                  be limited by or subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
                  conveyance, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, usury or
                  similar laws now or hereafter affecting creditors' rights
                  generally and (b) rights or remedies (including, without
                  limitation, acceleration, specific performance and injunctive
                  relief) may be limited by equitable principles of general
                  applicability (including, without limitation, standards of
                  materiality, good faith, fair dealing and reasonableness)
                  whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in
                  equity or at law, and may be subject to the discretion of the
                  court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought.

         We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 of the
Registration Statement, and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Legal Matters" in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not concede
that we are experts within the meaning of the Act or the rules or regulations
thereunder or that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC

                                         /s/ Dykema Gossett PLLC