UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 3

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940


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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

    85 Broad Street
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                                    (Street)

    New York,                         New York                     10004
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   (City)                           (State)                       (Zip)


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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

    February 11, 2002
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)

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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

    Standard Automotive Corporation
    (AJX)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [   ]   Director                             [ X ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)


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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check applicable line)

   [   ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
   [ X ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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                                Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                                            |
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                              |                                | 3. Ownership Form:  |                                             |
                              |       2. Amount of Securities  |    Direct (D) or    |                                             |
1. Title of Security          |          Beneficially Owned    |    Indirect (I)     | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership  |
   (Instr. 4)                 |          (Instr. 4)            |    (Instr. 5)       |    (Instr.5)                                |
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                              |                                |                     |                                             |
Common Stock                  |             (101,400)          |          01         |                     01                      |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
 5(b)(v).


FORM 3 (continued)



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                                  Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                                             |
                             (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)                                        |
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                        |                       |                                      |              |               |            |
                        |                       |                                      |              | 5. Owner-     |            |
                        |                       |   3. Title and Amount of Securities  |              |    ship       |            |
                        |                       |      Underlying Derivative Security  |              |    Form of    |            |
                        |2. Date Exercisable    |      (Instr. 4)                      |              |    Derivative |            |
                        |   and Expiration Date |   ---------------------------------  | 4. Conver-   |    Security:  |            |
                        |   (Month/Day/Year)    |                       |  Amount      |    sion or   |    Direct     |6.Nature of |
                        |---------------------- |                       |  or          |    Exercise  |    (D) or     |  Indirect  |
                        |Date      |Expira-     |                       |  Number      |    Price of  |    Indirect   |  Beneficial|
1. Title of Derivative  |Exer-     |tion        |                       |  of          |    Derivative|    (I)        |  Ownership |
   Security (Instr. 4)  |cisable   |Date        |   Title               |  Shares      |    Security  |    (Instr.5)  |  (Instr. 5)|
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8 1/2% Senior           |          |            |                       |              |              |               |            |
Convertible Redeemable  |          |            |                       |              |              |               |            |
Preferred Stock         |  Immed.  |            |Common Stock           |     118,000  |    1-for-1   |      01       |     01     |
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Instruction 5(b)(v) list of other Reporting Persons:

This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group,  Inc. ("GS Group") and
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg,  L.P. ("SLK" and, together with GS Group, the "Reporting
Persons").  The principal  business address of GS Group is 85 Broad Street,  New
York, New York,  10004.  The principal  business address of SLK is 120 Broadway,
New York, New York 10271.

Explanation of Responses:

01: The securities  reported herein are  beneficially  owned directly by SLK and
may be  deemed  to be  beneficially  owned  indirectly  by GS  Group.  SLK is an
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group.

**Signatures:

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.


By:  s/ Roger S. Begelman
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     Name:     Roger S. Begelman
     Title:    Attorney-in-fact


SPEAR, LEEDS & KELLOGG, L.P.


By:  s/ Roger S. Begelman
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     Name:     Roger S. Begelman
     Title:    Attorney-in-fact

Date:     April 19, 2002



**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

       Alternatively,   this  form  is  permitted  to  be  submitted  to  the
       Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
       pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that  THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. (the
"Company")  does hereby make,  constitute  and appoint each of Hans L. Reich and
Roger S. Begelman, acting individually, its true and lawful attorney, to execute
and  deliver  in its  name and on its  behalf  whether  the  Company  is  acting
individually or as representative of others,  any and all filings required to be
made by the Company under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended,  the
"Act"),  with respect to securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned
by  the   Company   under  the  Act,   giving  and   granting   unto  each  said
attorney-in-fact  power and authority to act in the premises as fully and to all
intents and purposes as the Company might or could do if  personally  present by
one of its authorized signatories, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY  shall remain in full force and effect  until either
revoked  in  writing  by the  undersigned  or until  such time as the  person or
persons to whom power of  attorney  has been  hereby  granted  cease(s) to be an
employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has duly subscribed  these presents as
of December 8th, 2000.



THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.


By: s/ Gregory K. Palm
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Name:  Gregory K. Palm
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL  PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS  that  Spear,  Leeds & Kellogg,  L.P.  (the
"Company") does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Hans L. Reich, Roger
S.  Begelman  and  Edward T.  Joel,  acting  individually,  its true and  lawful
attorney,  to execute  and  deliver in its name and on its  behalf  whether  the
Company is acting  individually  or as  representative  of  others,  any and all
filings required to be made by the Company under the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934 (as amended,  the "Act"), with respect to securities which may be deemed to
be  beneficially  owned by the Company  under the Act,  giving and granting unto
each said  attorney-in-fact  power and authority to act in the premises as fully
and to all intents and purposes as the Company  might or could do if  personally
present by one of its authorized  signatories,  hereby  ratifying and confirming
all that said  attorney-in-fact  shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

THIS  POWER OF  ATTORNEY  shall  remain in full force and  effect  until  either
revoked  in  writing  by the  undersigned  or until  such time as the  person or
persons to whom power of  attorney  has been  hereby  granted  cease(s) to be an
employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  has duly subscribed  these presents as of
April 15, 2002.


Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, L.P.

By: SLK LLC
    Its Sole General Partner

By: Steven A. Wolf
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    Steven A. Wolf
    Vice President and Secretary