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Thor Wins Record RV Order and Bus Bids Totaling $88 Million

29 March 2000

Thor Wins Record RV Order and Bus Bids Totaling $88 Million; Order Backlog at Record $375 Million up 58% from Last Year

    JACKSON CENTER, Ohio, March 28 Thor Industries, Inc.
announced today that it received its largest recreation vehicle
order ever and several large orders for its mid-size buses.  The orders total
$88 million, increasing Thor's order backlog to a record $375 million, up 58%
from $238 million last year.
    Thor's Four Winds division received 400 orders valued at $16 million for
its Class C motorhomes from Cruise America, Inc. the largest RV rental
operator.  In addition, Thor's bus division received orders for 755 buses
totaling $72 million from major transit and commercial operators.
    "RV backlog is $144 million up 26% from $114 million last year and Bus
backlog is $231 million, up 88% from $123 million last year.  To meet
increased order input Four Winds' state-of-the-art 165,000 sq. ft. motorhome
plant opened last week.  Further, major facilities expansions at our Kansas
bus plant and California and Oregon travel trailer facilities are underway,"
said Wade F.B. Thompson, Thor chairman.

 This release includes "forward-looking statements" that involve uncertainties
and risks.  There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from
the Company's expectations.  Factors which could cause materially different
results include, among others, the success of new product introductions, the
pace of acquisitions and cost structure improvements, competitive and general
economic conditions, and the other risks set forth in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.