Wanted: Specialised bike.

here's a suggestion for you.
stop reminiscing about heavy old under-performing crap that you couldn't afford and lusted after as a youth and buy yourself a nice modern hardtal with forks that have proper damping (not just a squishy bit of plastic), a rebound nob that actually does something, disk brakes that work, geometry for proper mtb'ing and that doesn't weigh the same as a sack of spuds.

just an idea, it may work out better in the long run.

You've kind of missed the point there.