In my eyes, the best Husky ever made was the 1980 model. That's the only year, and I do mean the ONLY year, I'd take one over a Maico. What a work of art it was - they got every piece just absolutely right.
The two complaints I have about the '79 (which is what my dad has) are the rear fender and forks, and both got fixed in '80. The forks work as well as any other we've seen (Husqvarna, remember, were the kings of suspension) but those 36mm tubes seemed damn thin. For 1980, they beefed the forks up a bit, making them stiffer yet lighter at the same time. The '79 also retained the old rear-fender. It looked excellent in 1978 with 8" of rear travel, but when that got brought up to the 12" territory, it looked very out-of-place on the tall bike. They fixed that in '80. It was also the last year for the 390 engine, which I prefer to the 430, mostly because it's the only thing I really got to see until I was about 5 or 6, and it's really just as fast as the 430, as concluded by my uncle who has the latter.
I really need to stop going off on these wild tangents, but I can't help it. Look at this thing!