Certainly looks like a Model A Cabriolet. A quick bit of research on the registration turns up that it was first registered in December 1929, so that fits.
There speaks "a man who knows"!
Judging purely by the position and ‘attitude’ of the gear lever, I think there’s a good chance this could be genuine. Compare the pic with this of a Dax replica: most kit replicas I’ve seen have a more conventionally placed gear-lever.
Top picture is definitely replica, bottom picture has a lot of "original" features but never seen an engine like that in a genuine cobra. Could be wrong though.....
Top pic is a Dax Tojeiro, so yes, a replica, with presumably a Rover (Buick derived) engine & gearbox. I found the bottom pic by internet search for 1966 AC Cobra, chosen purely to show the reverse gear cross piece lifter: other than that, i’ve no idea of the car’s authenticity.
I’ve been a fan of these for donkeys years, way back when Street Machine built one and Level 42 used one in the Something About Video. I even had a poster of one on my bedroom wall.
Generally, if you see one on the road in the UK it's a replica!
