As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 1999
Registration No. 333-______

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Thor Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Delaware 93-0768752
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

419 West Pike Street
Jackson Center, Ohio 45334
(937) 596-6849
(Address of principal executive offices)
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THOR INDUSTRIES, INC.
1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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Walter L. Bennett, Secretary
Thor Industries, Inc.
419 West Pike Street
Jackson Center, Ohio 45334
(Name and address of agent for service)

Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (937) 596-6849

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Shares Amount to be Proposed Proposed Amount of
to be Registered Registered Maximum Maximum Registration
Offering Price Aggregate Fee
Per Share(1) Offering Price(1)
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Common Stock (par
value $.010 per 500,000 $24.8125 $12,406,250.00 $4,138.73
share)........... shares
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, using the average
of the high and low sale prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on November 1, 1999.

There are also registered hereunder such additional indeterminate
number of shares as may be issued as a result of the antidilution provisions of
the Thor Industries, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan.

PART I

Item 1. PLAN INFORMATION.

Not included pursuant to Form S-8 instructions.

Item 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

Not included pursuant to Form S-8 instructions.

PART II

Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

Thor Industries, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates
herein by reference the following documents:

(1) The Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended July 31, 1999;

(2) All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), on or after July 31, 1999; and

(3) The description of the Company's Common Stock
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on August 8, 1986, and
any report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the respective
date of filing of each such document.

Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

Not applicable.

Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

Alan Siegel, a director of the Company, is a member of the
firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. which renders legal services
to the Company. Mr. Siegel is eligible to receive options under the Plan.

Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants
each corporation organized under Delaware law, such as the Company, the power to
indemnify its directors and officers in certain circumstances.

The Company's By-laws and Restated Certification of
Incorporation provide for indemnification of directors and officers of the
Company to the extent permitted by Section 145. Additionally, the By-laws and
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation provide that a director of the Company
shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for the breach of any fiduciary duty as director, except (a) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (b)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, or (d) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

Except to the extent hereinabove set forth, there is no
Charter provision, By-law, contract, arrangement or statute under which any
director or officer of the Company is insured or indemnified in any manner
against any liability which he may incur in capacity as such.

Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

Not applicable.

Item 8. EXHIBITS.

Exhibit No. Exhibit
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3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

3.2 By-Laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
the Company's Form S-8 registration statement, File
No. 33-13827).

4.1 Thor Industries, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan.

5.1 Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
as to legality of the securities being registered.

23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors.

24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this
Form S-8).

Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

(a) The undersigned hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act");

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement;
and

(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the
registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
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information to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.

(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's Annual
Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on this 5th day of
November, 1999.

THOR INDUSTRIES, INC.

/S/ WADE F. B. THOMPSON
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By: Wade F. B. Thompson
President, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Thor Industries, Inc.
hereby severally constitutes and appoints Walter L. Bennett, as attorney-in-fact
for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution,
to sign this Registration Statement and any amendments to this Registration
Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

/S/ WADE F. B. THOMPSON
__________________________ President, Chairman of the Board, and
Wade F.B. Thompson Chief Executive Officer November 5, 1999
(principal executive officer)

/S/ PETER B. OTHWEIN
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Peter B. Orthwein Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, and Director November 5, 1999

/S/ WALTER L. BENNET
__________________________ Senior Vice President, Chief
Walter L. Bennett Administrative and Financial Officer November 5, 1999
(principal accounting officer)

/S/ NEIL D. CHRISMAN
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Neil D. Chrisman Director November 5, 1999

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Alan Siegel Director November 5, 1999

/S/ JAN H. SUWINSKI
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Jan H. Suwinski Director November 5, 1999

/S/ WILLIAM C. TOMSON
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William C. Tomson Director November 4, 1999

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