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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1




              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We have issued our report (which includes an explanatory paragraph for a going
concern uncertainty) dated May 14, 1997, accompanying the financial statements
of Automotive One Parts Stores, Inc. contained in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus which will be signed upon consummation of the transaction described
in paragraph two of Note A to the financial statements. We consent to the use of
the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to
the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts" and "Summary
Financial Information."





                                        GRANT THORNTON LLP




Tampa, Florida
May 14, 1997