Is a Landrover Series 1,2,3 or Leightweight a good first car?

The problem you have is a land rover is cled as a commercial vehicle not a car and lots of places won't insure young drivers on them. Try the NFU (national farmers union) they don't have a website so look up the number of the office local to you. Do you have any experience of land rovers at all? Don't get me wrong i love them and have 2 but the older ones take some looking after and are slow and uncomfortable. I would steer clear of the lightweight or any military spec models as the parts are hard to come by and very expensive. The lightweight has lots of one off body parts that can prove a real headache to find. If you buy a good standard UK model the parts are alot easier to come by. Be prepared to learn how to weld though bulk heads and chis need to be kept on top of. Have a look on paddocks website for parts prices i always find them pretty fair priced. One last point steer clear of early diesel engines they are weak and under powdered go for the 2 1/4 petrol.