EXHIBIT 31.1

                     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)
                             (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a))

I,  Finis  F.  Teeter, Chief Executive Officer of American Homestar Corporation,
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certify  that:
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1.   I  have  reviewed  this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
     September  26,  2003  of  American  Homestar  Corporation,  as  amended;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a  material  fact  or  omit  to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were  made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to  the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and other financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in  all material
     respects  the  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
     the  registrant  as  of,  and  for,  the  periods presented in this report;

4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

          (a)  Designed  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
     ensure  that material information relating to the registrant, including its
     consolidated  subsidiaries,  is  made  known  to  us by others within those
     entities,  particularly  during  the  period  in which this report is being
     prepared;  and

          (b)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's  disclosure
     controls  and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
     the  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
     of  the  period  covered  by  this  report  based  on  such  evaluation.

          (c)  Disclosed  in this report any change in the registrant's internal
     control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
     recent  fiscal  quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case
     of  an  annual report) that has materially affected or is reasonably likely
     to  materially  affect  the  registrant's  internal  control over financial
     reporting;  and

5.   The  registrant's  other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
     our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
     the  registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
     directors  (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent  function):

          (a)  All  significant  deficiencies  and  material  weaknesses  in the
     design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are
     reasonably  likely  to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
     process,  summarize  and  report  financial  information;  and

          (b)  Any  fraud,  whether or not material, that involves management or
     other  employees  who  have a significant role in the registrant's internal
     control  over  financial  reporting.



Date:  December 30, 2003                  /s/  Finis  F.  Teeter
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                                          Finis  F.  Teeter
                                          President, Chief Executive Officer and
                                          Director
                                          (Principal  Executive  Officer)