FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Costa Brava Partnership III LP 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/20/2006 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MOTORCAR PARTS AMERICA INC [MPAA] (Last) (First) (Middle) 420 BOYLSTON STREET 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) BOSTON, MA 02116 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 877,958 (1) D (1) Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Costa Brava Partnership III LP 420 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116	Â	  X	Â	Â
Roark, Rearden & Hamot LLC 420 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116	Â	  X	Â	Â
HAMOT SETH W 420 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02116	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Seth W. Hamot, President of Roark, Rearden & Hamot, LLC, General Partner of Costa Brava Partnership III L.P.		12/28/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The securities reported as directly beneficially owned by Costa Brava Partnership III L.P. may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Roark, Rearden & Hamot, LLC and Seth W. Hamot. Seth W. Hamot is the President and sole member of Roark, Rearden & Hamot, LLC, which is the sole general partner of Costa Brava Partnership III L.P. Purusant to Instruction 5(b)(iv) of Form 3, Roark, Rearden & Hamot, LLC and Seth W. Hamot have elected to report as indirectly beneficially owned the entire number of securities owned by Costa Brava Partnership III L.P. but each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities, and any proceeds thereof, that exceed its or his pecuniary interest therein and/or that are not actually distributed to it or him.

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