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Originally Posted by LincolnEcho
Hi and welcome!!
What type of bus do you have? If it's a bluebird the rivets are easy as pie to shear off with an air chisel. Worth all the work because of a: you get to insulate it really good before you seal it back up with the same metal. b: if you decide to use another cover like the strips of wood, you'll have some really good metal for other projects on the bus.
If they are screwed in just leave it. If you already have plenty of headroom then line it with Tyvex and the ornate cover of your choice.
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I agree that the rivets are very simple to remove with an air chisel - like 3 seconds per rivet once you’ve done a few. However, my rear most panel on my Blue Bird A3RE had some wicked adhesive along the bottom edges, and along the entire rear edge of the rear-most panel. The panels that just had the adhesive along the side edges were able to be removed with minimum distortion. Those could be re-used. However, the rear-most panel had to be mangled to the point that it would take some pretty good metal working talent and tools to make it right. From what I have read elsewhere in this forum, the consensus is that the metal is not worth re-using once you get it down. Luan or some other wood product would give you better insulation, and IMO, a better look. I plan to use the 5mm luan or cross-grain birch.