The chromed brass matches the tail light frames. Be prepared to get the brass plate chromed again, after cutting the fog light hole. My '73 had the alum USA plate with the lights on the plate. Here's a pic of the brass plate with the Coupe King license plate holder and a stainless frame. The chrome carriage bolts that hold the plate to the body were in my parts bin for over 50 years. I knew I would use them someday. The "3.0CS" badge is also chrome. Yes, the trunk lid was out-of-wack. That has been corrected and is now in-wack.....