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FWIW, "matching" tire treads, designs and sidewall graphics is entirely cosmetic. Mixing brands on one end of a car is commonly done in amateur racing.  My autocross team ran Yokohama radials up front and Hoosier belted-bias rear tires on a street Pantera, and we won numerous regional championships in CA over several years, with no ill effects. Wife Judy at 110 lbs won more championships than I did, without power steering!

You shouldn't mix different tires across the front (or the rear) on street cars but doing so with both fronts or both rears is fine. Decent sized rear tires for Panteras are rare enough today; don't restrict yourself needlessly just because you can only locate a pair. Sometimes 2 tires can be had at bargain prices.

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