How much for 71 Thermoquad?

You have to be careful what 'experts' say also. When the TQs came out there was a good article on them in one of the magazines, I think it was PHR. John Bauman was the resident Chrys carb guru & was featured in the article that detailed mods for hot cams etc. [ I believed he passed way from cancer ] One of the mods is a pic still imprinted in my memory to this day: John holding up a TQ with four holes in each pri blade for bypass air; not small holes like 1/16", more like 1/8" from the pic.
Nozzle drip at idle would have been like a fountain....