http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/landy-first-car-45978.html - bit old but still, found thru quick search
an old series will be dirt cheap, mate ran one round wen he was 18 it was only a couple of hundred quid insurance. unless you want to spend over 1.5K you wont get a disco/deepender/rangy/gaylander
ill look at them now mate thanks for the advice did your mate have his own insurance or was he just a named driver ?