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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001325763-05-000003.txt : 20050524
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001325763-05-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050520
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050524

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLLINS INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000021759
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711]
		IRS NUMBER:				430985160
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 COMPOUND DR
		CITY:			HUTCHINSON
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			67502
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6206635551

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 COMPOUND DRIVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 648
		CITY:			HUTCHINSON
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			67502

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SWIFT RANDALL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001325763

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-12619
		FILM NUMBER:		05853580

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6206635551

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 COMPOUND DRIVE
		CITY:			HUTCHINSON
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			67502
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

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    <periodOfReport>2005-05-20</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000021759</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COLLINS INDUSTRIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>COLL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001325763</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SWIFT RANDALL</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>15 COMPOUND DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HUTCHINSON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>67502</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Collins Industries, Inc. - Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-05-20</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3968</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>5.05</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>70363</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Exchange of previously held shares for payment of taxes on restricted stock</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Tim Davies, Attorney in Fact for Randall Swift under a Limited Power of Attorney dated May 20, 2005</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-05-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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