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Thor Announces Purchase of up to 500,000 Shares of Its Stock

14 June 2000

Thor Announces Purchase of up to 500,000 Shares of Its Stock

    JACKSON CENTER, Ohio - Thor Industries, Inc. announced today that its Board 
of Directors had approved the purchase of up to 500,000 shares of its common 
stock in open market transactions.

    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.