Welcome Alecapone to the forum and this thread! Lots of really nice folks here to assist you with your restoration project so don't hesitate to ask for help. I was embarrassed to ask for help but found out there was no need for that feeling. Glad to see you found a boat like mine as they are pretty neat! Be sure to Google the boat and check out the pictures to see what you can get with your restoration effort along with the great restorations contained on this forum.
Glad to see you are enjoying this thread! I had no experience with rivets prior to this boat restoration but am making good
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progress (at least for me LOL!). Grab your drill, put a good quality 3/16" drill bit into the drill and, holding the drill vertical with drill bit placed on the rivet flange hole, just drill until the rivet head spins loose and comes off the rivet. You might have to pull that little aluminum flange off the drill bit so wear some gloves. Repeat for all the pop rivets you want to remove (lots of them!). Go back and knock out the rivet shanks like I did in last posts. This leaves the rivet hole very close to original diameter for the new rivets you will be adding later. Check the forum builds if you want to see how others get the rivets out, too. This method has worked for me for all my rivet removal work.
One tip that I would like to offer: take lots of photos of your restoration work for use while putting your own boat back together because you probably will not be able to recall exactly where everything goes, and, be sure to label everything as to port or starboard side along with bow or stern end orientation. I also keep all small items including the nuts/bolts and screws in individual plastic zip lock plastic bags which have labeled sticky notes inside telling me where those items go on the boat. At my age I need all the help I can get! LOL
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Most of all have fun!
Safe boating,
Joe