Coachmen's Third Quarter Conference Call on the Internet

ELKHART, Ind.--Oct. 1, 20049, 2004--Coachmen Industries, Inc. today announced it will release financial results for its 2004 third quarter after the close of trading on Monday, October 25, 2004. The Company will hold a conference call and real-time webcast to discuss the third quarter results and outlook on Tuesday, October 26, 2004.

The live broadcast of Coachmen's quarterly conference call will be available online at www.fulldisclosure.com on October 26, 2004, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The online replay will be available at approximately 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and continue for 30 days.

Coachmen Industries, Inc., now celebrating its 40th anniversary, is one of America's leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles with well-known brand names including COACHMEN(R), GEORGIE BOY(TM), SPORTSCOACH(R) and VIKING(R). The Company's subsidiary, ALL AMERICAN HOMES(R), is one of the nation's largest producers of systems-built homes. Coachmen Industries is also a major builder of commercial structures with its ALL AMERICAN BUILDING SYSTEMS(TM) and MILLER BUILDING SYSTEMS(TM) products. Prodesign, LLC is a subsidiary that produces custom composite and thermoformed plastic parts for numerous industries under the PRODESIGN(R) brand. Coachmen Industries, Inc. is a publicly held company with stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker COA.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are inherently uncertain. Actual results may differ materially from that projected or suggested due to certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the potential fluctuations in the Company's operating results, the condition of the telecommunications industry which purchases modular structures, the impact of performance on the valuation of intangible assets, the availability and the price of gasoline, the Company's dependence on chassis and appliance suppliers, interest rates, the availability and cost of real estate for residential housing, the ability of the Housing and Building segment to perform in new market segments where it has limited experience, adverse weather conditions affecting home deliveries, competition, government regulations, legislation governing the relationships of the Company with its recreational vehicle dealers, the impact of consumer confidence and economic uncertainty on high-cost discretionary product purchases, uncertainty surrounding the 2004 elections and their possible impact on tax policy adverse to discretionary income available for purchases of high-cost consumer durables, further developments in the war on terrorism and related international crises, oil supplies, and other risks identified in the Company's SEC filings.