Renault type TTD 130
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Carryfast will be hiding in a darkened room now, especially the thought of that second one 
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I confess that I had to Google “15”, it is Cantal, prefecture Aurillac.
Agree that it ticks so many of the boxes.
But, is the bulge in the bleu de travail Gauloises ou Gitanes?
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Absolutely. A fantastic picture!!
Thank you Fergie47. An excellent selection of photos of some classic wagons. Quite a selection. Merci. That is quite a shoebox of old pictures you have posted.
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Not sure what he smoked, but bet they were covered in oil
Johnny…wrong time of year to be posting too much, but won’t belong before autumn then winters here, so more time to play on the computer…
Still got a few pics left from my “friends down south”…
Fergie
He couldn’t reverse it, though. 
But in that darkened room…
The Mack in the 2nd pic is owned by Jack Janssen Oily, he escorted me on a few occasions through Holland and Belgium. The loc on the trailer is actually made out of wood if I remember correctly and serves as his sleeping accommodation.
I still come past Transport Loheac on a regular basis, as the route for the wide and heavies is next to their yard. Earlier this year I spotted some Loheac’s standing in the yard, so I assume this is the private collection, and they’re proud of it?! Couldn’t really get a proper shot of it, but I’ll try to stop next time. Or maybe I’ll just pull into their yard and ask if I can see them from up close and personal?
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This might be interesting to some, back in the day, some French drivers who were doing the M/E run were followed for a documentary. Nice footage indeed!
An interesting hour spent on a Saturday morning Patrick, thanks for that. My one and only trip beyond Tehran for some reason took a different route after Istanbul.
South through Syria and Lebanon to Jordan before turning east again via Iraq, so I never saw the Tahir but much of that brought back memories.
I don’t remember the mad overtaking though, perhaps as they were friends they knew that if something came the other way they would be let back in immediately.
Now something slightly different, light, amusing but still educational.
The last “true” Loheac trucks were withdrawn from service shortly after the death of Antoine Lohéac in 2006, because they didn’t comply any more with modern safety requests, especially concerning braking, and failed the tests. Moreover, most manufacturers were able to offer light-weight tractors.
Here are a few Loheac trucks, the last three on Renault chassis.
Somewhere in the depths of part 1 of this thread, there is considerbable information about Loheac. John ‘Saviem’, in whose honour this thread was founded, knew Anton Loheac personally, and he gave us some great insight into the way this innovative Frenchman worked.
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This one is a Renault G 320 chassis fitted with a Lohéac polyester cab. Registered early 2007 in the Ardèche, it was probably bought second hand from Lohéac.
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