DT1

[Matador107]

Mate of mine is doing a full resto on a DT1 and wants to know if the original white tanks were white or a pearl white, with a little bit of metallic. The headlight shell is just white and we think it's the original colour.

Help apprepreciated thanks MARTIN

[Tahitian_Red]

In guess Yamaha has no paint code for the white tank DT-1, but I found this posted on an Enduro site:

Paint the tank black first. Tape out the stripe and use House of Color's white base coat BC01 I think. just enough to cover. Then one or two coats of HOK Sliver White Pearl. Peel off pinstriping tape and clear over it all. I know there are a million different combos, but I have found this one over the years to work very well.

[IT400C]

According to my info it was a Pearl White...

1968   DT1      Pearl White   Engine/Frame No: DT1-00101 to 14090   

1969   DT1B      Candy Orange   Engine/Frame No: DT1-15001 to 42520   
1969   DT1S      Candy Orange   Engine/Frame No: DT1-90101 to 91573   

1970   DT1C      Brilliant Red   Engine/Frame No: DT1-50101 to 66389   
1970   DT1CM      Candy Orange   Engine/Frame No: DT1-95101 to 97218   

1971   DT1E      Mandarin Orange   Engine/Frame No: DT1F-00101 to 03942, DTF-032101 to 060230
1971   DT1EM      Mandarin Orange   Engine/Frame No: DT1F-090101 to 093684

Hope this helps.

[firko]

My painter's gone AWOL but I do recall that he painted the tank a Mazda pearl white which matched the original almost perfectly. H did lay the black for the stripe first and then masked it with 1/4 masking take and sprayed the tank....I wasn't there during the process but that's how he described it to me.

[Freakshow]

Clean White
First coat - White pearl B/C PNT-65000-01-46
Second coat - nil
Final coat - Clear PNT-65000-04-00

Star Black
first coat - Star black B/C PNT-75000-00-R7
Second coat - Silver Flake T/C PNT 75000-01-R7
Final coat - Clear PNT-65000-04-00

Competition Yellow
First coat - White pearl B/C PNT-65000-01-46
Second coat - Competiton Yellow pearl B/C PNT 65000-02-04
Final coat - Clear PNT-65000-04-00

[Matador107]

Thanks everyone for your input,I think he'll get a paint colour and how to do it properly out of all your info. Anyways through you blokes I have helped him enough and I'm going back to my Bully's.
Stop laughing will ya!!!