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Thor Industries Announces Record Sales for Quarter

4 November 1998

Thor Industries Announces Record Sales for Quarter; Record Backlog

    JACKSON CENTER, Ohio, Nov. 3 -- Thor Industries, Inc.
announced today record preliminary sales for the quarter ended
October 31, 1998.
   Sales for the quarter were $189.1 million, up 14% from $165.5 million last
year.
    Bus sales in the quarter jumped 27% to $50.7 million, up from
$39.8 million last year.  Recreation vehicle sales in the quarter were
$138.4 million, up 10% from $125.7 million last year.
    Backlog on October 31, 1998 was $160 million, up 52% from last year.  RV
backlog was up 27% and Bus backlog was up 73%.
    Thor is the second largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and the
largest builder of mid-size buses.