In my previous post I discussed one of Decatur Indiana’s better know companies Fleetwood American Coach.  While the American Coach may draw owners to the Decatur with their luxury motor homes, Thunderbird does the same with it’s high performance boats and yachts.  Thunderbird which produces a line of high performance Formula boats moved its headquarters and production facilities from South Florida to Decatur, In in March of 1988.  Thunderbird has been producing quality high performance powerboats since the mid 1950’s and is still a leader in the boating industry.  In their 50 years of crafting these high quality boats, they have won numerous awards including its most recent : “Boat of the Year” in 2006 by Powerboat Magazine.  Even though Decatur, In is a small rural community, high quality luxury products like Thunderbird’s Formula powerboats help to put us on the national map.

I’ve noticed recently that a lot of the visitors to this site are not from the Adams County or Decatur Indiana area.  At first, I figured maybe they had family or friends located in Decatur and were just wanting to know more about the town.  Then I examined some of the stats from the website a bit closer.  Many of the people are looking for things to do in the Decatur Indiana area.  That got me thinking why would anyone come here.  Well, as it turns out, we have several businesses in town that draw customers from around the country.  Today I’ll discuss one of them: American Coach

Fleetwood motor homes produces the American Coach line of RV’s right here in Decatur Indiana.  I had forgotten that there if a factory service department located here for those motor homes.  Which is terrible since I know several people that work there.  If I remember right one of them had mentioned that people come to Decatur to have warranty work done on their American Heritage, American Eagle, and American Tradition luxury motor homes.  I contacted some old friends that worked there and sure enough people come from all over to have work done here.  Their service department’s schedule is booked solid months in advance.  The Fleetwood motor home production plant also offers tours.  I don’t know about you but if I’m spending tons of money on a luxury motor home I want a tour of the plant. Perhaps, this is why people from around the country want to come to Decatur Indiana.