Well it's a done deal - I paid the seller tonight and the parts will depart Australia for the US tomorrow afternoon. Rudy (ron) and I struck a deal so I'm having the parts shipped directly to him to assess whether or not they can be duplicated.
I keep saying "parts" plural because the box of goodies will also contain JDM drilled aluminum pedals and what may be JDM rear mud guards.
Slight hiccup with shipping so the parts only departed Australia today their time (Monday). Hopefully they will be in Ron's hands within a week!