Hope Chris doesn't mind me nicking his idea but I thought I'd have a trip down memory lane and run through my old 80's life 
Back in 2001 I bought a 1994 80 to tow our caravan but the off-road bug bit deep and fast. I don't have any pics of it as delivered to me but it was one owner, full service etc super shiney low miles
2 months into ownership I put a 2" Pro Comp lift kit on (springs and shocks) and some 285x75x16 BFG AT's and went to play:
I played in it like that till the November and then put a Safari Snorkel and some 35" Simex ET's on it:
And then a TJM T15 bumper a month or so later:
And then a Milemarker hydraulic winch someone was in a hurry to sell:
so less than a year of ownership and it was already collecting dents:
and going where everyone said you couldn't go
but it didn't have enough lift and no one was offering longer springs. So the spring seats were ground off and some box section added for some more lift (same basic thing at the back as well)
and I had some fun laning it like that for a while and around this time we started getting a regular visit from a fox by the water fall on Strata Florida (I know, nothing to do with the cruiser but it's part of it's history)
The lanes were starting to get boring already
Then my xmas 2002 present was a Safety Devices Roll cage so I ripped out the interior and in it went with a bit of plywood where the sunroof was
Which made no difference to how well it went on the boxing day pay & play but the plywood kept the rain out!
and it went laning with that plywood quite a few times
but did get replaced with some aluminium plate in the end
and the fox was still visiting us
I added some recovery hoops to the front bumper, the type meant for the rear cross member of an LR defender
and then in june 2004 I imported and fitted some slee sliders and a transfer bash plate
and laned like it was going out of fasion, here it is on LFH off Sarn Helen
about this time I swapped to a synthetic winch rope and tried some Pro Comp 315x75x16 mud terrains to be a bit more PC
and then went to some 36x12.5x16 Simex now they were finaly available (I'd been begging them for something bigger for years by now!) and the rear bumper corners have been ripped off
The roof gutter rail was taking a bit of a beating from hitting trees and I didn't want to have to start messing with fixing bent door openings etc so I welded some 48mm tube along the gutter rails and braced that with some flat onto the roof panel. About the same time I replaced the 3rd row windows with aluminium plate as well.
and started chopping up a rack I picked up off ebay to fit and somewhere in there the flares have been removed!
and I still went laning like it was all going to end and took it places everyone said it couldn't go
tried some 37x13x16 Pro Comp XTerrains but wasn't impressed
with all the added weight the origional 2" springs were very soft so it leaned a lot but flexed well.
well twisted
but the ARB's have been removed both ends
The day before NERCA came into force I went out and did some of the lanes I knew it would never be legal to drive again and one I'd not plucked up courage to drive before that would be lost - an old ford that was quite deep ;-) (starts by the white cottage in the background).
about this time it was helping lead other 80 series owners astray
then there was the drop down kitchen shelf, very popular that was
it's picked up a few more dents by now and I'd started making sliders a bit before this
and put OEM steel wheels on and they're very heavy!
made some interim bumper corners / recovery points
and then not long after cut the rear cross member off and made a new one
Not the prettiest bumper ever but that wasn't part of the requirements analysis
still had fun laning in it but the nature of laning had changed dramatically since NERCA and I was enjoying my new 100. Didn't know it at the time but this was near the end for it with stiffer springs front and rear restoring the lift lost by being over weight (in excess of 3500Kg according to the ticket!)
and then it was time for it to go
and the 100 watched so it knows its own fate
RIP
Back in 2001 I bought a 1994 80 to tow our caravan but the off-road bug bit deep and fast. I don't have any pics of it as delivered to me but it was one owner, full service etc super shiney low miles
2 months into ownership I put a 2" Pro Comp lift kit on (springs and shocks) and some 285x75x16 BFG AT's and went to play:I played in it like that till the November and then put a Safari Snorkel and some 35" Simex ET's on it:
And then a TJM T15 bumper a month or so later:
And then a Milemarker hydraulic winch someone was in a hurry to sell:
so less than a year of ownership and it was already collecting dents:
and going where everyone said you couldn't go
but it didn't have enough lift and no one was offering longer springs. So the spring seats were ground off and some box section added for some more lift (same basic thing at the back as well)
and I had some fun laning it like that for a while and around this time we started getting a regular visit from a fox by the water fall on Strata Florida (I know, nothing to do with the cruiser but it's part of it's history)
The lanes were starting to get boring already
Then my xmas 2002 present was a Safety Devices Roll cage so I ripped out the interior and in it went with a bit of plywood where the sunroof was
Which made no difference to how well it went on the boxing day pay & play but the plywood kept the rain out!
and it went laning with that plywood quite a few times
but did get replaced with some aluminium plate in the end
and the fox was still visiting us
I added some recovery hoops to the front bumper, the type meant for the rear cross member of an LR defender
and then in june 2004 I imported and fitted some slee sliders and a transfer bash plate
and laned like it was going out of fasion, here it is on LFH off Sarn Helen
about this time I swapped to a synthetic winch rope and tried some Pro Comp 315x75x16 mud terrains to be a bit more PC
and then went to some 36x12.5x16 Simex now they were finaly available (I'd been begging them for something bigger for years by now!) and the rear bumper corners have been ripped off
The roof gutter rail was taking a bit of a beating from hitting trees and I didn't want to have to start messing with fixing bent door openings etc so I welded some 48mm tube along the gutter rails and braced that with some flat onto the roof panel. About the same time I replaced the 3rd row windows with aluminium plate as well.
and started chopping up a rack I picked up off ebay to fit and somewhere in there the flares have been removed!
and I still went laning like it was all going to end and took it places everyone said it couldn't go
tried some 37x13x16 Pro Comp XTerrains but wasn't impressed
with all the added weight the origional 2" springs were very soft so it leaned a lot but flexed well.
well twisted
but the ARB's have been removed both ends
The day before NERCA came into force I went out and did some of the lanes I knew it would never be legal to drive again and one I'd not plucked up courage to drive before that would be lost - an old ford that was quite deep ;-) (starts by the white cottage in the background).
about this time it was helping lead other 80 series owners astray
then there was the drop down kitchen shelf, very popular that was
it's picked up a few more dents by now and I'd started making sliders a bit before this
and put OEM steel wheels on and they're very heavy!
made some interim bumper corners / recovery points
and then not long after cut the rear cross member off and made a new one
Not the prettiest bumper ever but that wasn't part of the requirements analysis
still had fun laning in it but the nature of laning had changed dramatically since NERCA and I was enjoying my new 100. Didn't know it at the time but this was near the end for it with stiffer springs front and rear restoring the lift lost by being over weight (in excess of 3500Kg according to the ticket!)
and then it was time for it to go
and the 100 watched so it knows its own fate
RIP
it's a shame she was scrapped in the end (I think it's your springs I've got on my truck, from Julian)
also gave the wheel tub some attention with the lump hammer.
