Newbie - 1953 Super

Hello all. I have an original 1953 Buick Super (56R). It's a Texas car originally so it's in great overall condition as it relates to rust and all. It doesn't appear to have had anything changed out, therefore I have some current plans of replacing the entire brake system, front end suspension parts and lowering the car a bit. Nothing drastic. Also plan to replace the exhaust system as it's shot. Looking forward to leveraging some site info on what others have been successful with on their old Buick.
-Todd