Speaking as another 101 owner I love them
They are a good compromise between size and carrying capacity and manoverability. Mine also has the added advantage of a diesel engine so is relativly economic aswell. For expedition use the out and out off road prowess is not normally the issue so you can easily compare 101's to Mogs. For someone based in the UK 101's make sense as they go thru on the ferrys as High cars whereas a Mog would be a truck so attracting alot higher ferry costs.
For more info try the mog groups on yahoo groups ( www.groups.yahoo.com) - they are very helpfull even to a Landrover owner :-) when I was looking for mog tyres and wheels for my 101
Have you also thought of other 4x4 truck options - Ex British army bedfords are cheap and diesel (and lhd), man trucks from germany or daf 4x4
I will dig out an email address as the guy I bought my tyres from did have a diesel 406 he was selling.
I think the engines are fairly easy to change in a 404 mog for a merc diesel. Remember also that mogs are more complex to work on (on a 404 the gearbox is installed before the body in the factory so its a pig to get to the gearbox)
There is a fully equipped expedition bedford for sale in my home town for 5500 UKP so that shows how cheap they can be
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Rich
LR101 300Tdi Ambi 'Tiggurr'
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Rich
Iveco Turbo Daily 4x4 40-10
Ex Owner LR101 300Tdi Ambi 'Tiggurr'
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