The steering column looks Ace-like, if it was a fibreglass body, I guess they wouldn`t still have the long Ace bootlid! If we could have a better translation than Google can muster it might help a bit, but this is how it translates:
"Vehicle description :
SUPER OPPORTUNITY ! original old Cobra from the type 86 ACE with ALUMINIUM BODY . According to the report is that this vehicle is a Cobra MK II, which was in the sixties during the race and rebuilt several times and improved becoming that model MK II was from 1962 to 1965 built with leaf suspension ( Chassis-Nr. : CSX2126 to CSX2589 . may further be noted that this is due to the character string CSX a built in England and at that time in the U.S. technically completed Cobra is . She still has all-round drum brakes and the original suspension with leaf spring. The engine is a 289iger Small-block V8 with 4.7 liters and 220 KW (300 HP) . The side exhaust is TUV - registered, as the roll bar and the 6.5 x 15 -spoke wheels with central locking . valuation report in 2005 more than 195,000 euro is available! This LOVERS - and COLLECTORS PIECES is for about 25 years ago in Germany at and since then German papers with CLASSIC CAR LICENSE PLATE !"
The chassis plate must be to satisfy German regs, and conveniently replaces the original Thames Ditton one.
So what was a "type 86 Ace" ? I don`t know how they could put it down as a MkII without Rack & pinion steering, and how could they think Cobra with drum brakes?
Oh well... here we go again with a "stuck in the middle" car.
Persuading the vendor that it is only worth a quarter of the 2005 valuation may be fun!
[edit] Sorry, started typing this before Tim posted...[:I]