EXHIBIT 3.36

                            ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

                                       OF

                           TOWER AUTOMOTIVE TOOL, LLC

         In order to form a Michigan limited liability company pursuant to the
provisions of Act 23, Public Acts of 1993, the undersigned executes the
following Articles:

                                    ARTICLE I

         The name of the limited liability company is Tower Automotive Tool,
LLC.

                                   ARTICLE II

         The purpose or purposes for which the limited liability company is
formed is to engage in any activity within the purposes for which a limited
liability company may be formed under the Limited Liability Company Act of
Michigan.

                                   ARTICLE III

         The address of the initial registered office, which is the same as the
mailing address, is 5211 Cascade Road, N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546. The
name of the initial resident agent at the registered office is Jeffrey Kersten.

         Signed this 13th day of November, 2000.

                                       /s/ Kimberly A. Baber
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                                       Kimberly A. Baber, Attorney-in-Fact for
                                       Tower Automotive Michigan Limited
                                       Partnership, its Member