Ask at your local club before you spend any money...
Getting something that you can get good trackside support for is a really good idea to begin with.
B4.1 is a good safe buy, and can be converted to mid motor with few different after market kits, the Centro one being the main CML (associated importers) version...not cheap overall, but great car! Have a good read of the Associated section first...it's not a mass production car so is better going into that knowing what your buying