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+1 to all of this...it is your car, so make it what you want it to be. That said, it's visually "off" when the top-of-bumper lines and/or bumper masses seem discordant. This is always avoided when keeping same era stuff with same era.
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The 964 has aged quite gracefully IMO.
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I can't get behind this one. I've got SCRS bumpers in my garage for my rally car and I really see the only advantage to creating these bastard children is cost savings on long hood fenders and hoods. The car on bring a trailer is photographed well, but looks like a turd. The black car looks good as the color makes the details less noticeable. Actually, I'm super over backdates too. It's time to embrace the cars in a period correct form.
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Mixing different era styles doesn't make aesthetic sense to me. The styles are quite different in their individual conception and execution. Trying to "blend" them by putting a different style on each end of the car is not a good design solution. Either stick with the same era style /concept for both ends of the car, or create a new original looking style, that matches end to end.
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And seeing as the OP has asked, not a fan of mix and match, although I must admit I do like the grey/green Targa but more from the front, not so much from the side. But then I am not the biggest fan of the older rear ends, it doesn't look like there is enough bumper there - I just like the impact bumper look, that is why I have an SC I suppose.... 
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That's probably best in the long run. Unfortunately I'll probably end up keeping this car for a time (I love it)... the problem is that I like to tinker around with mechanical things, and there is so much inspiration to choose from in the Porsche world that it makes it hard to leave things alone... 
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Tucking the front and rear bumpers in on an accordion bumper car makes quite the difference in photos. Several threads on that.
One fellow replaced his accordion bellows with bent sheet metal, it looked pretty good to me. If I have time later I will try and find those threads. There are also threads on removing rubber trim off of bumpers for a clean look.
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