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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D/A

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                Amendment No. 2*

                             SYPRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)


                          COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   871655 106
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                 Jeffrey T. Gill
                             455 South Fourth Street
                           Louisville, Kentucky 40202
                                 (502) 585-5544
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)



                                December 28, 1998
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)




         If the filing person has  previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the  acquisition  that is the  subject of this  Schedule  13D,  and is
filing this schedule  because of Rule  13d-1(e),(f)  or (g), check the following
box. /__/


         *The  remainder  of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's  initial  filing on this  form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

         The information  required on the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other  provisions of the Act  (however,  see
the Notes).


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                     CUSIP NO. - 871655 10 6

(1)      Names of Reporting Persons. . . . . . Virginia G. Gill

         S.S. or I.R.S. Nos. of
         Above Persons (entities only) . . . .

(2)      Check the Appropriate Box
         if a Member of a Group
         (See Instructions). . . . . . . . . . (a)
                                               (b)

(3)      SEC Use Only. . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)      Source of Funds (See Instructions). .  Not applicable

(5)      Check if Disclosure
         of Legal Proceedings is
         Required pursuant to
         Items 2(d) or 2(e). . . . . . . . . .

(6)      Citizenship or Place
         of Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . U.S.

Number of Shares Beneficially
Owned by Each Reporting Person
With:

         (7)      Sole Voting Power. . . . . . . . . . . . 0
         (8)      Shared Voting Power. . . . . . . 3,275,666 <F1>
         (9)      Sole Dispositive Power . . . . . . . . . 0
         (10)     Shared Dispositive Power . . . . 3,275,666 <F1>

(11)     Aggregate Amount Beneficially
         Owned by Each Reporting Person . . . .3,275,666 <F1>

(12)     Check if the Aggregate Amount
         in Row (11) Excludes Certain
         Shares (See Instructions). . . . . . .

(13)     Percent of Class Represented
         by Amount in Row (11)  . . . . . . . .  34.6%

(14)     Type of Reporting Person  . . . . . . .  IN


         <F1>  See response to Item 5.

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          THIS  AMENDMENT  NO. 2 to the  Schedule  13D dated  April 9, 1998 (the
"Schedule 13D"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D dated January
15, 1999 (the  "Amendment  No.  1"),  which were filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission by the Reporting  Person and relate to the shares of common
stock $.01 par value, of Sypris  Solutions,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the
"Issuer"),  hereby  amends Item 5 of the  Amendment  No. 1 and the Schedule 13D.
Unless otherwise  indicated,  all capitalized  terms used but not defined herein
shall have the same  meanings as set forth in the  Schedule  13D, as  heretofore
amended.

         Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

                  (a)      Aggregate Amount
                           Beneficially Owned by
                           Each Reporting Person          3,275,666 (34.6%)<F1>

                  (b)      Sole Voting Power                      0
                           Shared Voting Power            3,275,666 <F1>
                           Sole Dispositive Power                 0
                           Shared Dispositive Power       3,275,666 <F1>

<F1>     Includes  500  shares of the  Issuer  owned by the  Reporting  Person's
         husband as to which the Reporting  Person shares voting and dispositive
         power, and 500 shares of the Issuer owned by the Reporting Person as to
         which the Reporting  Person's  husband  shares  voting and  dispositive
         power. Also includes 3,274,666 shares of the common stock of the Issuer
         owned by GFP,  Ltd.,  a  Kentucky  limited  partnership,  of which  the
         Reporting  Person is a limited  partner  holding a 48.84082%  ownership
         interest  and of which  the  Reporting  Person's  husband  is a limited
         partner holding a 47.94235% ownership interest. On the basis of certain
         provisions  of the limited  partnership  agreement  of GFP,  Ltd.  (the
         "Partnership  Agreement"),  the Reporting Person may be deemed to share
         voting and  dispositive  power  over the shares  held of record by GFP,
         Ltd. with her husband,  Robert E. Gill, and with Jeffrey T. Gill and R.
         Scott  Gill,  each of whom is a  director,  executive  officer  and 50%
         shareholder  of  Gill  Family  Capital   Management,   Inc.   (formerly
         Jeffscottco, Inc.), a Kentucky corporation which is the general partner
         of GFP, Ltd. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4 under the Act, the Reporting Person
         disclaims  beneficial  ownership  of the shares  held of record by GFP,
         Ltd.

          As described in Note 1, above, the Reporting Person shares,  or may be
deemed to share, the power to vote or direct the disposition of such shares with
the  following  persons  whose  business or residence  addresses  and  principal
occupations are as follows:  (a) Robert E. Gill, 253 Canton Avenue East,  Winter
Park,  Florida  32789,  Chairman  of the Board of Sypris  Solutions,  Inc.  (the
"Issuer"),  455 South Fourth Street,  Louisville,  Kentucky 40202, a provider of
specialized industrial products and technical services;

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(b)  Jeffrey T. Gill,  455 South  Fourth  Street,  Louisville,  Kentucky  40202,
President  and Chief  Executive  Officer of the  Issuer;  and (c) R. Scott Gill,
Project Manager,  IA Chicago,  P.C., 205 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1500, Chicago,
Illinois,  60606, an architectural design firm. All of such persons are citizens
of the United  States,  and none of such persons have been  convicted in or is a
party to a proceeding described in Items 2(d) or 2(e).

          (c) Except for [a] the transfer on December 28, 1998 by the  Reporting
Person of 1,652,334  shares of the Issuer,  valued at $11,566,338,  to GFP, Ltd.
(together  with a 5% interest  in GFP  Partners - I,  Ltd.),  in exchange  for a
49.96943%  limited  partner  ship  interest in GFP,  Ltd.;  [b] the  transfer on
December 28, 1998 by the Reporting  Person's  spouse of 1,622,332  shares of the
Issuer, valued at $11,356,324,  to GFP, Ltd. (together with a 5% interest in GFP
Partners - I, Ltd.), in exchange for a 49.07083% limited partnership interest in
GFP,  Ltd.;  and [c] gifts in December  1998 and January  1999 by the  Reporting
Person of a total of 1.12861%  limited  partnership  interest in GFP,  Ltd.  and
gifts by the  Reporting  Person's  spouse in December 1998 and January 1999 of a
total of 1.12848%  limited  partnership  interest in GFP,  Ltd.  pursuant to the
Partnership  Agreement,  Virginia G. Gill has not effected  transactions  in the
Issuer's common stock during the past sixty days.

          (d)      Not applicable.

          (e)      Not applicable.



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                                    SIGNATURE

         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


                                               /S/ VIRGINIA G. GILL
                                               Virginia G. Gill

                                               Date:  June 9, 1999





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