The Leyland-Hotchkiss agreement led to the commercialisation of a few LAD-cabbed models badged Hotchkiss.
I don’t think the deal could have lasted long or was successful in sales. By the time I started living in France in the seventies there must have been so few on the road that I never saw any Leyland-Hotchkiss branded lorries. Indeed locally registered Leylands were very rare.
Dipster:
I don’t think the deal could have lasted long or was successful in sales. By the time I started living in France in the seventies there must have been so few on the road that I never saw any Leyland-Hotchkiss branded lorries. Indeed locally registered Leylands were very rare.
Though to be fair, the LAD-cab Leyland was very much a 'sixties lorry and there weren’t many about here in the UK by the early 'seventies, most of them having been replaced by Ergo-cabbed ones.
Back to classic bonneted French trucks with this 1962-reg Bernard belonging to Transports Courtin. Some of their Bernards were later re-powered with 200 hp Leyland engines. Behind is a Renault “fainéant” (lazy) with a horizontal 120 bhp engine fitted under the chassis behind the cab, just like the Unterflur MANs.
And here’s an ad’ for an early Renault Fainéant with a payload of 5 tonnes. The cab was rather spacious and comfortable for its time when it was launched in 1949.
Heres a few French companies.
Think its French ?
DEANB:
Heres a few French companies.4
Think its French ?
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I drove an Unic P8 similar to your first picture some 40 years ago. Not an unpleasant truck, but I would never have thought of tying a trailor to it!
Concerning last pic, yes, Transports André Villalta were French. Initially in Lézignan, near Carcassonne, they also had a branch in Angers. Out of business now.
Interesting, its LHD, but on the dash its written …Pressure…900 X 20… 55 lbs. Military perhaps ex American surplus ?
My old boss back in the UK has got one like this in his garage at home…except his has a small manually operated crane on the back 1930’s I’d guess
New delivery to the Nigerian Brewery in Lagos…hope they didn’t deliver overland, if they’d left in 1960 they’d still be on-route. 
As that Berliet would appear to be sporting the mother of all air filters, I’m guessing that it may have been specced for use in Algeria…, now bear in mind that’s only a guess, and as I’m frequently quite fond of guessing , then " ipso facto " I’m also frequently proven wrong. So please don’t send the special forces to drag me from room 28 of the Formule 1 in Martigues…it’s merely a guess,…nothing more.
Regards…Le Philistine.
Eddie Heaton:
As that Berliet would appear to be sporting the mother of all air filters, I’m guessing that it may have been specced for use in Algeria…, now bear in mind that’s only a guess, and as I’m frequently quite fond of guessing , then " ipso facto " I’m also frequently proven wrong. So please don’t send the special forces to drag me from room 28 of the Formule 1 in Martigues…it’s merely a guess,…nothing more.Regards…Le Philistine.
I think the plates look French military (with what appears to be a tricolore on it), so intended to be ready to go anywhere and the paint tone indicates desert use. But I too am semi-guessing!
Fergie47:
Mix of black and white…
Before last picture shows a fleet of brand new Krupp trucks somewhere in Germany, but not sure wether it’s before or after 1945.
Saviem JL 20.200T from Chapuis who was a pioneer on Middle East transport.
Old UNIC add, seen on the A34 Charleville-Reims
Ads painted onto buildings used to be very popular in France. Some were large covering the entire end of a house or barn. They probably took several days to paint too. am not sure when they were most used but it must have been dying out by the 60’s. Perhaps other Francophiles on the forum might know. I seem to remember most of them being for oil companies or vehicle manufacturers or dealers. But there were some food companies promoted too. I only saw them afters years of fading in the sun when they looked quaint. Perhaps when new and more visually imposing they might have been considered by some as eyesores.
Dipster:
Ads painted onto buildings used to be very popular in France. Some were large covering the entire end of a house or barn. They probably took several days to paint too. am not sure when they were most used but it must have been dying out by the 60’s. Perhaps other Francophiles on the forum might know. I seem to remember most of them being for oil companies or vehicle manufacturers or dealers. But there were some food companies promoted too. I only saw them afters years of fading in the sun when they looked quaint. Perhaps when new and more visually imposing they might have been considered by some as eyesores.
America had all the razzamataz in the '40s so in post-war Europe, brightly-painted wall adverts gave an impression of commercial prosperity and freedom; especially when compared with those countries still behind the iron curtain. East Germany, for example, had no street advertising other than their own faded pre-war murals. I hate advertising hoardings but I do admit to having a soft spot for some of the more artistic offerings painted on French walls. Ro