First car I drove was , I think, a Ford Pop sit up and beg. I would be 11 or 12. It belonged to our neighbour who was two years older. It is the only car I have ever driven that you could select reverse whilst still going forward. Got to say never tried it on later cars. We had a figure of nine track. First car I owned was, I think , a Riley 1.5 . We had unofficial free use of Wykeham forest tracks. Used to help out on local farm as a young teenager. First job with a tractor was moving tractor and trailer around field while men loaded bales of straw. Graduated to driving tractor and trailer loading grain whilst combine harvester kept harvesting. How proud I felt. If the fields were near the farm we even took the rig back to the farm to tip via public roads albeit off the beaten track. I dare say the local copper knew as he knew everything looking back.
Passed my test in my mothers Ford Anglia.
Talking of my mother. She passed her test on a motorbike and sidecar. When it came to learning to drive a car my dad said these are the controls off you go on your own! That was a Ford Pop too that they hand painted as it was a bit rusty.
Later my dad traded that car in and asked what was going to happen to it. “ our mechanics will swarm over it and strip it of parts then it will be scrapped. “ how much will you get for it? £15. So my dad bought it back and gave it to me. First mod was to fit a 1200 cc engine £10 guaranteed ( the scrapyard stamped it !”. Did me well as a student
Gosh happy days a thousand years ago. I had a good childhood.