As far as aircraft are concerned, my preference would definitely be for the Auster Autocrat; if you can find one. If you can land that tail dragger you can land any tail dragger.
However watch out! There is a surprising amount of poor tail-wheel training on offer out there so be careful where you go. It would be a good idea to read 'The Compleat Taildragger Pilot' by Plourde before you start your training so you know what you ought to be taught.
My greatest area of concern is that at least some flying schools/flying clubs nowadays just don't teach wheeler landings. You might well need this skill to pull off a cross wind landing in a strong cross wind. (Some places don't even teach cross wind landing at all, which is disgraceful)!
A wheeler landing is is where you allow both main wheels to brush the runway while you still have flying speed. You then move the control column forward to remove any positive angle of attack causing the aeroplane to roll along the runway on her main wheels while you keep her tail up with the elevators.
You allow the speed to fall off while holding the tail up and the aeroplane straight and as close as possible to the centre line of the runway. As the speed falls off, you will find yourself moving the control column further and further forward to keep the tail up, while applying more and more into wind aileron and more and more away-from-wind rudder to keep her straight. Eventually, you will be unable to hold the tail up any longer and it will sink gently onto the runway and the aeroplane will roll to a halt with the flying controls now very crossed - the stick fully forward with full into wind aileron and full away from wind rudder.
For landing cross wind nowadays most places will teach you to do a two-point landing instead. This is where you stall the aircraft on with your into-wind wing down, putting down your into-wind main wheel and tail wheel first. This is O.K. for a mild to moderate crosswind in a high wing aircraft, but if you have to land a low wing monoplane or bi-plane with a crosswind close to the crosswind limit for your aeroplane, then in my view two-pointing it is not wise.
You also need to know both methods of landing approach, the 'crabbing' approach and the 'wing down' method. You need to be able to do both and be ready to use either method, according to the characteristics of the aeroplane and the conditions prevailing.
I have the clear impression that many present day instructors, (both ex-military and civil trained) lack the ability to teach the wheeler landing, perhaps being afraid to teach people to brush the ground with their mains and push the stick forward, while still having flying speed during the resulting ground roll, for fear of grounding the prop.
Whoever you go to, make sure you are trained properly. You need to come away feeling confident about landing cross wind using a wheeler landing. You need to ask before commencing training whether the wheeler will be part of your training.
Good luck with your training.
BP.