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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 4, 2007

COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

INDIANA (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	1-7160 (Commission File Number)	31-1101097 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2831 Dexter Drive, Elkhart, Indiana           (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		46514 (Zip Code)

(574) 262-0123

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

□ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

□ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

□ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

□ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 7.01.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

     Rick Lavers, the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, and Colleen Zuhl, the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, made presentations to institutional investors in Chicago, Illinois on December 4, 2007.   Attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein is a PowerPoint slide presentation used by Mr. Lavers and Ms. Zuhl in their presentation.  

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (d)     The following exhibit is furnished as a part of this Report:

                          99.1     PowerPoint slide presentation shown in institutional investor meetings December 4, 2007

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Date:  December 4, 2007

By:    /s/Jeffery A. Tryka                             

             Jeffery A. Tryka, Secretary