It's been sold but I was seriously considering making an offer on it. The buyer posted in the comments section with a great story about the transaction. Gotta love the interwebs!
"Ready for a crazy BaT story?
In 2009 this exact Iron Pig was on eBay, offered by the same seller. We agreed on a price (within hundreds of dollars of the current price) and I was about to wire the money when the seller emailed and said his computer system crashed at work and he needed time to sort it out and he had to put our deal on hold. Never heard from him again but regretted it ever since as finding a nice, clean 55 is pretty tough.
Then, thanks to BaT sharing the Craigslist ad I was able to re-connect with John, the seller, after 3+ years! After a few days of email tag John called me last night when I was driving home to work out the details on the sale. As I am speaking to him a ’74 FJ55 pulls out in front of me in traffic. Mind you this is Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the ghetto, and I haven’t seen a Pig on the road here in at least 5 years! If that wasn’t a sign I don’t know what is!
John has been great to deal with, said he remembered us making the deal 3 years ago and felt bad he forgot.
So at long last this FJ55 is coming to Milwaukee to live with an FJ40, the FJ45LV I bought via BaT, and our FJ60. It is a happy day for this life-long Cruiser nut.
Thanks BaT!
-Colin"
