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        <issuerName>HOLIDAY RV SUPERSTORES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RVEE.PK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>ADAMS STEPHEN</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>VENTURA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
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          <value>By Holiday Finance Company, LLC</value>
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          <value>By The Stephen Adams Living Trust</value>
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          <value>By AGI Holding Corp.</value>
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  <footnotes>
    <footnote id="F1">Convertible at $.62 per share subject to adjustment. Conversion right continues so long as the note is unpaid. Original maturity date was March 20, 2003, but the note has not been repaid.</footnote>
    <footnote id="F2">Exercisable at $5.00 per share, but exercise price and number of shares subject to adjustment.</footnote>
    <footnote id="F3">Exercisable at $5.00 per share, but exercise price and number of shares subject to adjustment.</footnote>
    <footnote id="F4">Conversion price subject to adjustment. Conversion right continues so long as the note is unpaid. Maturity date is November 15, 2004.</footnote>
  </footnotes>
  <ownerSignature>
    <signatureName>Stephen Adams</signatureName>
    <signatureDate>2003-10-15</signatureDate>
  </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

