I am about to :D. He accepted my first offer, which kind of surprised me a bit. Reluctantly though, it seems, but it was just a suggestion from my side.
Just need to arrange for transport and set a day to pick it up. Excited
BTW the 2000 is probably an aluminium shell, I think, because he said there's a few flaking spots. I didn't see any on pictures, though, so it's not much. :D