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Lego themselves have an archived copy of every instruction set going back to the 80s, available here - https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions

But for whatever reason, the scans are poor quality and very dark, and it can be hard to make out what piece is which. These ones look much better

> Lego themselves have an archived copy of every instruction set going back to the 80s, available here - https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions

This can't be true: I am very sure that there exist Lego Technic models from before 1996, which is the oldest year that can be selected.

Indeed, doing an empty search only returns sets from 1996 and forward. Not even entering set numbers from my childhood (pre -96) return any results.

yep you're right, I was wrong, it only goes back to late 90s

In the past I've used that site to get instructions from the late 1990s and early 2000s and I thought they were proper archives (not scans).