I have a 68 Targa currently stripped and at the dippers. I am now in the organization stage of seeing the parts I have and the parts to get. The intention is to restore to original condition as possible.

I have been given advice from some of my Porsche buddies as to which direction I take the suspension rebuild, and would like to get a wider audience of advice and possible pitfalls.

1. One suggestion is to upgrade the front suspension to a late 80's 911 with Bilstein struts that have 3.5 inch spacer that would accommodate S brakes.

2. One suggestion is to keep the existing suspension in place, just upgrade all the bushings, new shock inserts, maybe upgrade the torsion bars and install a factory style front and rear swaybar. Also upgrade to turbo tie rods.

3. One suggestion was to go all out billets struts, modern sway bars, adjustable spring plates such things like a full elephant racings street / track setup. But this I think takes away from its originality, and even with all of these upgrades, its still a targa, and will always flex like a targa.

The car is full numbers matching normal 911. The engine is currently being rebuilt and will look stock but perform much much better. So I would like to improve the braking.

Is there a way to retain the existing front suspension with the ball joints but upgrade the struts to accommodate the larger brakes?

Any help, comments and suggestions would be helpful.