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                                                                EXHIBIT 99.3

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Coachmen Industries,
Inc. (the "Company") for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report") I,
Claire C. Skinner, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, based on my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company as of and for the period(s) covered in the Report.


                        By:  /s/ Claire C. Skinner
                             -----------------------------
                             Claire C. Skinner
                             Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Date:  August 8, 2003

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to Coachmen Industries, Inc. and will
be retained by Coachmen Industries, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.