New driver with an old car

I had to do a parallel park in a 8 ton pan tech for my heavy licence, and it was on a uphill reverse to the spot (had moved to city area by this time). My father had me driving a L series Mack sitting on phone books with blocks of wood attached to the pedals, at 8 years old and letting me drive the family car on my own at 10, (as we lived in the country at that time), until the local cop saw me and said I had to stay to the back roads in case one of the brass happened into town.
The main thing get to a carpark on a weekend and lay out some cheap traffic cones (Kmart. $5. for half a dozen) and practice, practice, practice,