See responses below,
RJ
VintageAirstream.com
>
> 1. How do I remove rivets without damaging the skin?
First timers can use an automatic center punch
(http://vintageairstream.com/rr_topics_suppliers.html#tools)
later with experience you'll just put the bit on the rivet head and go.
Use a #22 bit on the bucked rivets and #30 on the pop rivets.
> 2. What rivets should I use to reattach everything?
5/23" Olympic rivets (http://airstreamdreams.com) on the skin rivets -
1/8 pop rivets where they were used. (I use the Olympic rivets on the
belly skin - hold better anyway and cleans up elongated holes.)
>
> 3. There is one tear in the belly pan near the section I'm
> detaching, how
> would I patch that tear while I'm there?
Wouldn't bother with it now - you'll most likely be dropping the skin
anyway.
>
> Working on the lights, I realized that the rear lights do
> not seem to be
> the original, is there anyone who makes a decent reproductions of the
> original bargman taillights?
http://www.grote.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?familyid=C0037