I'm voting for the dual ICTs. Not optimum, but better than the progressive.
I've only seen/drove one car that ran decent with the single progressive carb set up. It had small intake runners though, which would help with the world famous low end gasp the single is known for, and the guy did a lot of tinkering with the jetting to get it optimized. Or at least as optimized as you can get with a set up that's ill suited for the application.
If you don't mind having the engine totally fall on it's face when you punch it from idle; or if you don't mind the engine never really running well in cool weather; then the single is for you
They could be considered fool proof though. If it isn't a piece of corroded crap, the car will run, not the best but it will run.
Don't be intimidated by syncronizing dual carbs. It's not black magic.
The problem lots of guys run into with carbs is having the wrong carbs (usually too big) or the wrong venturi and jet package for the displacement and cam (again usually too big). If you have the wrong size carbs and/or the wrong venturi and jet package, you may as well have a single progressive.
The european 1.8's had dual Solex carbs(IIRC), which are similar to the ICTs. I'd like to see the air cleaner set up for those first hand.