K-Member / Rack & Pinion Steering Suggestions

Thank you everyone!!! Amazing input and data points to learn from. Given this is my first-ever project car, I'm trying to keep this simple and learn from it, not getting in over my head. What I've learned from this is "contemporary" is a relative term, so in effect, what I'm aim for is to "upgrade" the front-end. With both those thoughts in mind, I think I'm down to researching now three turnkey solutions -- QA1, RMS & HDK. @72bluNblu your upgraded torsion bar suspension sounds amazing and I appreciate the itemized list you listed out. That path just looks too complicated for my first-ever project car to take-on. This car is gonna blow my budget, but I've saved-up to do this and continue working at this point in my life to spend on "stuff", given I've now covered my retirement nut. Hoping to post my project in Photos Garage forum soon and keep it updated. This week I finish stripping it down and pulling the drivetrain so we can get it to the body shop for a bare-metal blasting and onward to epoxy it.