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More limited experience here.

I have seen two types of windshield frames.

One is chrome plated brass. That is the normal type of windshield frame. Mine is of British origin also, it came with my FFR.

The only other type I have seen was Aluminum. I don't know whether it was chorme plated or merely polished. The thing I did notice about it was that it was 1" wider than the standard frame.

I was fitting a convertible top, that had been on my car, to this car with the aluminum frame and had to "expand" the fabric across the windshield to make it fit.