Well, there could be a cooperative way to do this. Someone who wants it could let that be known and a club member who lives not too far might arrange a trip to include picking it up, for some compensation. If it could be stored for a time, someone else might be able to transport it a bit further, again for compensation. Perhaps some links of the trip could be made by two people who could arrange to meet at a midpoint. We have done that in years past. The best bet would be for someone on the West coast to buy it.
The seller should be glad it is not a real 56 with the Bakelite impeller. Those are good for little more than display with values not near that of this one.
Be careful, Mike, when you volunteer to pay a large amount and then think it will ONLY be double that to transport it. We paid over $600 to have a machine trucked across the country by a reputable carrier. People here can help you with transportation contacts, but unless you can arrange for rail freight in Canada, and maybe even using that mode, it is going to be expensive.
