Same tire, front and rear???

[texas69bee]

I'm not a rubber band tire guy...If you're putting them on the 69 B I would use a rear tire that will fill up the wheel well. I had to push the limit with the wheel selection to fit the advertised wheel width for the tires I chose. I tried to mount mine on a friends 68 coronet...due to difference in the wheel well openings they would not even slide in and engage the studs. A Road Runner...GTX and Satellite have larger wheel openings...at least in 1970 they do.
I pushed the limits to get the height...width and stance I wanted. My rear was moved back 3/4" and I also run 1 1/2" lowering blocks on the Super Stock Springs to lower it down some.
In the end what you like is all that matters... .02
I kind of did the same thing with my 65 Belvedere II Project that has fallen completely off the rails...
I chose a rear wheel and tire that I wanted and built everything else around those...
I had found a 17x11 with 7 1/2" backspace TT-2 wheel very similar to what you posted.
It looks like a stock 8" wheel from the side but has a chit-ton of back space.
Thought if I could ever find a tire for these that was tall I'd get them...Stumbled across Hoosier 31.50x16.50 17's and bought the rear tires and the rear wheels. (Big Mistake in a way)
The openings in these wheels in 17's are so large you can see everything behind them...The little 10" drum brakes and the 8 3/4 rear looked out of place...
I upgraded to a Dana 60 and 13" Wilwood vented-slotted-drilled rear rotors and Polished Calipers. The rotors have the parking brake shoes inside the rotor hub so since I was going with a stick I would still have a parking brake.
The tires were too wide to retain the inner or outer wheelhouses so everything got cut out and new 2x3 frame rails and a 3 link with coil-overs went back in.
Ultimately the point I want to make is don't get too carried away as it will cost a small fortune...

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Yep, that’s more than what I was looking to do.
I am going with a black wall tire and would ideally like the same brand of tire on the front and rear but I don’t want to give up having a profile. I’d like a profile of at least 4.5-5.
If I go with a 17” in front then that takes away the profile I am after. I’d have to with a 27” tire to get the profile.
If I go with just a 16” then I have a pretty narrow tire in the rear to pick from if I want a performance or better tire.
If I go with a 15” then it takes away from tire selection.
If I go with a staggered 16/17 then I can stay with the same brand of tire and and have more tires to pick from.
What I’m afraid of in the end is putting something on and go what the hell was I thinking???