Learned in a 76 custom deluxe heavy-half with full time 4x4. AKA-the log truck.

I was probably 10 or 11 when I got to take it by myself. When I couldnt reach the pedals I would steer and my dad would work the brake and foot feed as he would call them.

Starting at 12 my friends loved hanging out because we would stay in our cabin and drive a truck around all weekend with no parents. My grandma lived about 1 mile up the road and with no cell phones we didnt have much contact with the outside world.

No way parents would let kids do that today.