splash guard hardware question??

73sunfish

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have a 1970 sunfish, while removing the splash guard i found one of the screws wouldn't come up..

i finally popped the screw out and found out it wasn't even a screw. see picture-
unlike the rest, this screw has no threads.

was this a factory oversight?
 
. . . was this a factory oversight?[/quote]
Looks like it. I've found similar in a box of screws..., didn't make it through the thread roller at the screw company.

Drop in at your local hardware store and get a good stainless steel oval head machine screw to replace it with.
 

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