COLLINS INDUSTRIES INC
8-K, 1996-02-06
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                  THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING
                SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
                                 UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                
                
                                  FORM 8-K
                         
                         
                               CURRENT REPORT
                         
                         
                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          
     Date  of  Report  (Date  of earliest  event reported): January 30, 1996


                         COLLINS INDUSTRIES, INC.
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                Missouri
             (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
                          
                0-12619                         43-0985160
      Commission  File  Number        (IRS Employer Identification No.)

             421 East 30th Avenue, Hutchinson, Kansas  67502
      (Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)


     Registrant's  telephone  number,  including  area code (316) 663-5551     .


                                     N/A 
    (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                        
                        
                        
    11022959


     Item 5.   Other Events.

     On  January 27, 1996 the Board of Directors of Collins Industries, Inc.
     extended the expiration date  of  its outstanding  warrants to purchase
     common stock.   These warrants,  which were to expire on February  29,
     1996, were  extended  for a one-year period to  February  28, 1997.

     The  exercise price of $9.75 remained unchanged. Each warrant 
     outstanding may be exercised to purchase  1.25 shares of Collins
     Industries, Inc. common stock.

     The  warrants were issued in conjunction with a public units 
     offering in November, 1984.  At January 1, 1996, there were 479,999
     warrants outstanding.  These are the only  warrants to purchase common
     stock of the Company, which are presently outstanding.



                                     SIGNATURE


    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
    the Registrant has duly caused this report to  be signed on its behalf
    by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                   COLLINS INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                   By:    /s/  Larry  W. Sayre 
                                          Larry W. Sayre
                                          Vice President - Finance and
                                          Chief Financial Officer


      Date:     February 6, 1996
 




                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                          
         Exhibit                  Description                     Page

            1           Press release dated January 30, 1996        1







                                                              Exhibit 1

       NEWS RELEASE


       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                 CONTACT: Larry W. Sayre
                                              Vice President - Finance & CFO  
                                              Telephone: (316) 663-5551


      Hutchinson,  Kansas,  January  30,  1996 ......Collins Industries, Inc.
      (Nasdaq:  "COLL") announced   the extension  of  the expiration date of
      its outstanding warrants  to  purchase common stock.  These  warrants,
      which  were to expire on February 29, 1996,  have  been extended for a
      one-year period to February 28, 1997.

      The  exercise  price of $9.75 remains unchanged.  Each warrant
      outstanding may be exercised to purchase  1.25 shares of Collins
      Industries, Inc. common stock.

      The  warrants were issued in conjunction with a public units
      offering in November, 1984.  At January 1, 1996, there were 479,999
      warrants outstanding.  These are the only  warrants to purchase
      common stock of the Company, which are presently outstanding.

      Collins  Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of ambulances,
      small  school  buses,  commercial buses, terminal  trucks  and
      wheelchair lifts and accessories for  the  handicapped.  The Company
      sells its  products direct  and to distributors and dealers 
      throughout  the United States and, to a lesser extent, abroad.



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