I'm soooo inspired. I have black 1972 1.7 envy. The black and gold combo is what I have too - very '70s bling.
I am gathering knowledge and parts to accomplish what you are doing, but more slowly and not as thoroughly. I have a spare front susopension that I plan to get late or 911 struts, new bushings, ball joints, etc, paint and then just swap out and try to sell the old one. SO far I have Wurth undercoat on most of the front undercarriage, refinished gravel guard, new droplink bushings installed, and hope to have more done before GAF.
This is probably more of a cruiser than AX car (?), so what tie rods are you choosing? Stock or turbo?