Exhibit 32.1

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, 2004, 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. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 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, as amended; 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:   November 5, 2004