I know it synced easily back in 2021 so there should be people with a blockchain that goes that far back at least. That's what my copy is at too, but again, have to search a bit to find it.
There was a cryptoid explorer around that time, and iirc it looked like there might have been some monkeying, maybe an unnatural surge in the number of blocks.
A great idea might be to see if you can attract some developers, maybe domob and snailbrain would advise, and reissue the coin from scratch with a slow block emission, opposite of instamine, and make improvements.
Xaya might be the 'new improved' huc that lets a person create their own huc, not sure.