Collins Industries Reports Quarterly Dividend

HUTCHINSON, Kan., May 26, 2005 -- Collins Industries, Inc. announced today that it declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.04 per share for holders of record on June 8, 2005 and payable June 15, 2005. The ex-dividend date will be June 4, 2005. The Company has paid a quarterly cash dividend for the past 33 consecutive quarters, exclusive of special dividends paid in 1998, 2000 and 2001.

Collins Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of ambulances (including medical attack vehicles, rescue vehicles and fire emergency vehicles), North America's largest producer of Type "A" small school buses, the nation's second largest manufacturer of terminal trucks and a leader in the road construction and industrial sweeper markets. Since 1971, the Company has grown to approximately 900 employees in six plants comprising over one million combined square feet of manufacturing space. The Company sells its products throughout the United States and abroad.

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