Do you have pics of the cab? I’d still expect some cash on top of the Met.

If he puts cash on top of the trade sure. Indy is always in demand and people love restoring Indy. I'm about to do mine myself.
This isn't to be rude but you can trade an Indy for most pins on the market. Why blow it on a met pro? Trade higher not lower

You can get a NIB Met Pro for around $5200 so use that as a starting point.

Cash your way
..IJ is hot right now, much more difficult to get...METs are easily available...

If your cabinet on the Indiana is in great condition your game is worth 1500 plus more than that met Pro.. I have both of those games

I posted too quickly.... now that I saw your cabinet !!

I would never do that, but then again IJ is my grail game.

There's no way on earth I'd trade my modded met pro (original run..wood head..) for that thing, even if it was just a straight trade. I really like IJ, but...man...that cabinet...

Yep. Faded badly in addition to the front damage you noted. I suggest letting the next guy replace the cabinet.
I'm not a fan of the blue wire ramps, since they were originally gold which better matches the playfield colors.

I think you could probably get away with a straight trade for a lightly modded MET...but if someone's sitting on a pro with like 1k in tasteful mods (color DMD, LED OCD, upgraded speakers, speaker lights, shaker motor etc etc)...that cabinet's a real hard sell IMO. Hopefully that's a bit more clear and a bit less knee-jerkish.

You might find someone that would trade you straight across for a stock Met Pro, or maybe a lightly routed Met Pro. Your cabinet is pretty bad, your missing the bi-plane, the blue habitrails don't really go with the machine in my opinion, also the plating on your gun doesn't look like it's in very good condition. All these things would drop the value for me.

Is the powder coating (not trying to be obnoxious, but it's called "powder" coating b/c of the painting process, not "power" painting, which does sound cooler) on the ramps chipping in some spots? Hard to tell if it is, or if that's just reflections in the photos.

Cabinet aside, the playfield looks good and its all there and works. The ramps need addressed and a part or two will need to be sourced but if you put that in a new cab and applied some elbow grease it would be beautiful.

Lots of people looking for restoration projects like this...
But I do change my opinion about cash on top of the MET...its an even trade

If you have someone lined up for a trade just go for it bud. I would say its an even trade given the cab.

I was referring to putting it in a new cabinet..
Elbow grease such as:
Building and decaling new cab
Refinishing the coin door and gun
Swapping the playfield,boards,cab components etc.

Then parts such as biplane, new ramps(or refinish those), plus all the other little crap that comes up when you put it all together...

I can possibly add an opinion of both machines here...

IJ was the third pin I ever owned. I had it for about 5 years. I traded it for a TSPP when a very nice IJ was worth about 4500.

I have played IJ OVER 1,000 times. NOT an exaxeration. I know it's a great game BUT it just got old after a while. Every machine is less exciting once you can get to the wizard mode and see everything that the machine has to offer the player.

I have owned two different Metallica's. One was a 2500 plays routed machine. I had it about three months and liked it so much that I decided to sell it so I could buy a NIB one. It was the last Stern I bought and less importantly, it's the only one that I have left in a collection of 20+ pins.

Should you do the trade? I say yes BUT that cabinet is not so great. I know anything can be put back to the way it once was, especially with a cabinet rebuild but man, it's a LOT of work for an IJ to look great again. It really is an art and takes a lot of time to do it right.

So yeah, if I had THAT IJ and someone offered me a NIB MET pro, I would take that deal and run. I don't see that IJ being worth 5K+ but I guess there is a sucker born every minute.

Post a trade request here and on Craigslist or whatever is popular in your area. Most of my successful trades have been done through craigslist.

Like I said, theres a lot of people(myself included) who would love to restore that...you should have no trouble trading it...

That playfield is beautiful.

New bottom some glue and decals on the cab and you would have one minty game.

I think it would be a trade plus cash to you

How it stands its a fair trade with no cash imho......