Shocks: looking for Blistein quality at KYB price.

They quit equipping new cars with bias ply in 75. I figure they rode on new radials and smaller bars for the 75 MY. They probably realized that they needed a bigger bar for radials and came out with the .85 in ‘76.

Is this plausible, @junkyardhero ? I’m hypothesizing the increase in bar sizes correlating to radial use.
My '75 4 door valiant had standard bias-plys.
According to the '75 lit, radials were standard only on the Gran Fury.
Next down was bias steel belted, and then 2 ply.
https://www.hamtramck-historical.co...ataBook/1975/75-Plymouth-engineering_0016.jpg
HD suspension got .89 t-bars
https://www.hamtramck-historical.co...rshipDataBook/1975/75-Valiant-Duster_0027.jpg
we could dig back. The increase to .85" bars may have been with the heavier 2nd gen bodies, or with the added weight of crash bars etc.