Exhibit 99.1

       Standard Automotive Corporation Announces Extension of Forbearance
                              under Credit Facility

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 28, 2001--Standard Automotive Corporation
(AMEX: AJX - news) today announced that the Company and its bank lenders under
the Company's Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility ("Credit Facility") have
entered into an extension of the forbearance agreement under the Credit
Facility, expiring on October 5, 2001.

The Company and the bank lenders are currently negotiating a longer-term
forbearance agreement.

Standard Automotive Corporation is a diversified company with production
facilities located throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Standard
manufactures precision products for the aerospace, nuclear, industrial and
defense markets; it designs and builds remotely operated systems used in
contaminated waste cleanup; it designs and manufacturers trailer chassis used in
transporting maritime and railroad shipping containers; and it builds a broad
line of specialized dump truck bodies, dump trailers, and related products.
Through its Providence Group, Standard provides engineering professional
services to both government and commercial industry.

This release contains certain forward-looking statements, which involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors not under the Company's
control, which may cause actual results, performance, and achievements of the
Company to be materially different from the results, performance or expectations
of the Company. These factors may include, but are not limited to, those
detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.


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     Investor Relations
     Standard Automotive Corporation
     Matt Burris
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     908/874-7778