Agreed, Sir Ned, there are a lot of 'not right' things about it, but there are several things that say AC to me; albeit perhaps not Cobra!
It reminds me very much of the
"AceBra" AE1138, compare the photos below:
Some of the comments are strange, like the guy who can see MkIV features that aren`t there, or quote:"
This car is a restore project, I know the guy & have pics of the body strapped to the top of his jag when he bought it, and got pulled over by the police for having a dangerous load on top!!!!", but the 2 fuel tanks, requiring external hinges for clearance is plausible.
So, I
suspect that
if it did indeed leave Thames Ditton, it did so without a CSX number, and obviously without or for an FE, or a T10 box, or inboard brakes, but it
does look unlike a replica, coz no-one would make a replica look like
that!