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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-04-052738.txt : 20041115
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-04-052738.hdr.sgml : 20041115
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20041115161835
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-04-052738
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041109
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041115
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041115

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PETERSON SHIRLEY D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001101843

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09751
		FILM NUMBER:		041145480

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O AK STEEL HOLDING CORP.
		STREET 2:		703 CURTIS STREET
		CITY:			MIDDLETOWN
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45043-0001

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O AK STEEL HOLDING CORP.
		STREET 2:		703 CURTIS STREET
		CITY:			MIDDLETOWN
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45043-0001

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHAMPION ENTERPRISES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814068
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOBILE HOMES [2451]
		IRS NUMBER:				382743168
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1225

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2701 CAMBRIDGE COURT
		STREET 2:		STE 300
		CITY:			AUBURN HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48326
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2483409090

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2701 UNIVERSITY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		STE 300
		CITY:			AUBURN HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48326
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-11-09</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000814068</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CHAMPION ENTERPRISES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CHB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001101843</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PETERSON SHIRLEY D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2701 CAMBRIDGE CT.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AUBURN HILLS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48326</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>No Securities Beneficially Owned</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Colleen T. Bauman, Attorney in Fact for Shirley D. Peterson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-11-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.3_61485
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of John J. Collins, Jr., Colleen T. Bauman
and Jay L. Kreindler, acting singly as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:


(1)	Prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
CHAMPION ENTERPRISES, INC., a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national
securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
"Exchange Act");

(2)	Seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the
undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and


(3)	Perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned
acknowledges that:

(1)	This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;

(2)	Any documents prepared and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

(3)	Neither the Company nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and


(4)	This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and
grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present,
hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for an on behalf of he
undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on November
10, 2004.




_________________________________
						Signature



									   Shirley D. Peterson
						Print Name





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