The “Original” 1957 Ford Pickup Truck

A.B.E. Doors and Windows had very humble beginnings. When Jim started the company in June of 1974, he bought a used 1957 F100 Ford Pickup for hauling steel cellar doors and cement bags. It was a used farm truck from Northampton with step sides and painted a cheerful green. 

Since A.B.E. Doors and Windows is now a household name, you can imagine that business took off. With his early profits, Jim traded in that 1957 Ford for a brand-new truck within three months. Little did Jim know, he would come to fiercely regret that decision. 

When Jim retired and nostalgia crept in, he started to look for that fateful “first truck.” Unfortunately, years went by before A.B.E.’s general manager, Marc, found a restored 1957 Ford on Facebook. The truck was even already green!

Jim brought the truck home from Long Island, New York. He added the lettering from A.B.E. Doors and Windows’s old logo. What was once a farm truck used for hauling cement bags is now a pampered antique car. Jim was able to recapture an elusive first and he doesn’t plan on letting it go anytime soon!