Is something missing off my 65 gas pedal?

I'm now replacing the carpet in my 65 Valiant. I removed the gas pedal from the floorboard today. I unhooked the rod going to the accelerator shaft and it looks like something should be missing off the gas pedal. In the pedal itself where the rod connects to the back of the rubber pedal, the rod goes in, but it looks like there should be a bushing of some sort. I just have it hanging there with a cotter pin to keep it from coming out. Is there suppose to be a bushing there?