I learned on a 61' Valiant,my dad used to buy the "end of the day ashphalt loads" when the roads crews were paving near by,(I think the cost was a case of beer),and he used it to pave your driveway. Catch was, we had to shovel it off the pile,I was smaller so my big brother got the job of helping shovel, and drove the Valiant back and forth ,used it as a roller,lol.

I think that to get a drivers license these days, kids should have to know how to drive a standard.
Brian