Dave, I started out with a Model A. Which I learned a awful lot. I was a City Boy. Who had a large Oak tree in the front yard. That tree supported my efforts by supporting the Body and engine from it's branches. This was in 1973. I was 15 and didn't have a clue what I was doing.
Later came MG Midgets, Triumph TR4A, and A Alfa '69 boattail.