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Brake Headquarters, U.S.A., Relocates Corporate HQ

23 July 1998

Brake Headquarters, U.S.A., Inc. Announces the Relocation of WAWD Inc. Headquarters and Warehouse

    LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., July 23 -- Brake Headquarters U.S.A.,
Inc., (the "Company"), WAWD, Inc., a subsidiary of Brake
Headquarters U.S.A., Inc., announces the relocation of its corporate
headquarters to Hayward, California.
    The new 49,000 square foot building includes both office and warehouse
space.  The new state-of-the-art warehouse will serve as a distribution center
for customers in the Northwest.
    WAWD, Inc., also has 4 other locations serving the automotive aftermarket
for highline European and Asian vehicles with warehouses located in Los
Angeles, California; Piscataway, New Jersey; Atlanta, Georgia; and Houston,
Texas.
    Mr. Joseph Ende, CEO of Brake Headquarters U.S.A., Inc., states that this
new warehouse should allow the Company to expand into the Northwest and
provide better service to our existing customers.

    This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that
involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  The Company's actual results may
differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements.  Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to intense competition; the Company's dependence
on the automotive industry, which is cynical; historical decreases in internal
growth rates and historical losses, the Company's ability to manage growth;
and other risks discussed in reports filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission from time to time.

    The Company has been engaged in business as a wholesaler of aftermarket
parts since 1976.  The Company imports, assembles, distributes and
manufactures wide variety of parts to the automotive aftermarket industry.