S/N 118037 · 360 Modena F1 · 1999
The Ferrari in Spyker’s story.
A factory collection, a grey 360 and a challenge from Maarten de Bruijn. An eyewitness account connects this Ferrari with Victor R. Muller and the beginnings of the modern Spyker.
- Production year
- 1999
- Exterior recorded
- Custom Grigio Quartz · supplied account
- Configuration
- Left-hand drive
Selected public storyEyewitness story · October 2026
The record at a glance
- 1999 · Grigio Quartz over Cuoio · Stated
- 15 February 2000 · A Dutch registration: 38-DT-XS · Stated
- 17 October 2000 · The C8 reaches the public · Documented
- March 2014 · The next chapter is still missing · Stated
7 entries · 1 documented · 6 stated · 2 undated. Each mark is one dated entry; point at one to read it.
Open the journey map27 years · 4 moments- The personal specificationGrey outside. Cuoio inside.The supplied account records custom Grigio Quartz, Cuoio leather and assembly number 35269.
- The remembered challengeFerrari meets Silvestris.An eyewitness links this Ferrari to Maarten de Bruijn’s bold claim to Victor R. Muller.
- The unfinished chapterWhere is it now?The last reported APK trace is from March 2014. The Ferrari’s later story is still to be found.
The car
Chassis, VIN and assembly number come from the supplied account. The original factory specification and the car’s identification stamps have not been examined for this edition.
- Chassis / supplied VIN
- 118037 / ZFFYR51B000118037
- Production year · supplied account
- 1999
- Assembly number · supplied account
- 35269
- Exterior · supplied account
- Custom Grigio Quartz
- Interior · supplied account
- Cuoio
- Transmission / configuration
- F1 / Left-hand drive
- Original market · supplied account
- Netherlands
- First registration · supplied summary
- 15 February 2000 / 38-DT-XS
- Reported first owner
- Victor R. Muller
These details preserve the supplied account. Factory specification, ownership documentation and current whereabouts remain to be verified; no rarity or originality finding is assigned.
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Two cars. Two ambitions.
The photographs preserve a collection. The account that came with them places the Ferrari in a much larger conversation.
An engineer with a different starting point.
By the end of the 1990s, the supplied story explains, Maarten de Bruijn had developed the Silvestris: a lightweight sports car with an Audi V8. He was working on a very different scale from Ferrari, whose cars drew on decades of competition and industrial experience. Yet his confidence was considerable. The remembered challenge was that his own creation could be a better sports car than Victor R. Muller’s brand-new 360 Modena.
A Ferrari made personal.
The Ferrari in the account is chassis 118037, a left-hand-drive 360 Modena F1 specified for the Netherlands. Its custom Grigio Quartz paint, Cuoio leather and reported Scaglietti personalisation made it a personal choice. The contributor recalls its factory collection in Italy and names Muller as the first owner. The photographs give that account a human scale: the cover coming off, a seat tried, the cabin details and moments away from the car.
The ambition became Spyker.
The supplied narrative brings De Bruijn’s engineering together with Muller’s entrepreneurial ambition. Their collaboration helped bring the Spyker name back to sports cars, with aluminium construction, a mid-mounted V8 and aviation-inspired details. Spyker’s own published history dates the C8 Spyder’s public presentation to 17 October 2000. The Ferrari’s significance in the recollection is as the established benchmark someone dared to challenge. The account does not reduce Spyker’s revival to a single car or conversation.
A story with its next chapter still open.
Dutch registration 38-DT-XS appears in the photographs, while the supplied summary gives a first-registration date of 15 February 2000 and a last reported APK expiry in March 2014. The years that followed remain unconnected. Is the Ferrari still in the Netherlands? Does it retain its recorded paint and interior? Factory, ownership and later service records could establish more. For now, the photographs and recollection preserve a personal link between a new Ferrari and the confidence behind a new Dutch sports car.
Its history
Late 1990s–2000
A Ferrari, made personal.
Two cars set the scene: De Bruijn’s Silvestris and a new Ferrari. The specification, collection photographs and Dutch registration preserve the Ferrari’s early account.
Late 1990s · contextNetherlands · supplied account
A Dutch engineer builds his own answer
StatedThe supplied story describes Maarten de Bruijn’s Silvestris as a lightweight sports car powered by an Audi V8, developed by the end of the 1990s. His small engineering…Read full entryClose entry
The supplied story describes Maarten de Bruijn’s Silvestris as a lightweight sports car powered by an Audi V8, developed by the end of the 1990s. His small engineering operation had a different starting point from Ferrari, with its established facilities and racing experience. The Silvestris gave the later challenge something tangible to rest on: a car De Bruijn had built himself.1
Still to check This describes the Silvestris, not a modification or event involving chassis 118037. The supplied narrative does not give an exact development date or a measured comparison with the Ferrari. Contemporary Silvestris development records or a dated account from Maarten de Bruijn
1999Original market: Netherlands · supplied account
Grigio Quartz over Cuoio
StatedThe supplied account describes an early 360 Modena F1, personalised by Scaglietti for the Netherlands. Its recorded combination is custom Grigio Quartz with Cuoio…Read full entry · 3 photographsClose entry
The supplied account describes an early 360 Modena F1, personalised by Scaglietti for the Netherlands. Its recorded combination is custom Grigio Quartz with Cuoio leather; the assembly number is given as 35269. The photographs bring that choice of grey bodywork and warm leather into view.1
The colour and the cabin · 3 photographs
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
The warmth inside
The supplied specification calls this leather Cuoio. The photograph records the seat shape and the quilted trim behind it; a factory specification sheet is still to be examined.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
In the driving seat
A closer view of the leather cabin during the supplied collection sequence.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
Surrounded by colour
A photograph from the same supplied collection group, with painted display panels behind the visitor. It does not independently establish the car’s paint code.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archiveStill to check The exact paint formulation, Scaglietti work and original option list await a factory specification sheet. Photographs alone cannot certify the colour or originality. Factory build specification and personalisation records
Date not establishedCollection · undatedItaly · eyewitness account
The day the cover came off
StatedThe contributor recalls witnessing the car’s factory collection in Italy and identifies Victor R. Muller as its first owner. The supplied photographs follow the…Read full entry · 6 photographsClose entry
The contributor recalls witnessing the car’s factory collection in Italy and identifies Victor R. Muller as its first owner. The supplied photographs follow the occasion from a covered car to an open door, with the cabin and Z-08-45 plate in view. It is a personal account of a new Ferrari being collected, preserved alongside the photographs.1
From the collection album · 6 photographs
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
Before the cover comes off
The opening moment in the supplied collection sequence. The account places the collection at Ferrari in Italy; no dated delivery document accompanies these photographs.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
A first look
The grey 360 emerges from its cover. The plate visible in this sequence reads Z-08-45.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
Ready to get in
The open door reveals the warm leather cabin and quilted rear trim. The account identifies the interior as Cuoio.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
From the other side
A rear view from the supplied collection sequence, again showing Z-08-45. The sequence is associated with chassis 118037 by the supplied account.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
A moment away from the car
A café portrait among the supplied collection photographs. Its location and date are unrecorded.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
Between the photographs
A second café photograph preserves a quieter moment in the supplied album. Its location and date are unrecorded.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archiveStill to check The collection date and first ownership await confirmation from dated delivery and purchase records. Dated delivery papers and the original purchase record
15 February 2000Netherlands · supplied summary
A Dutch registration: 38-DT-XS
StatedThe historical registration summary supplied with the story gives 15 February 2000 as the first registration date and 38-DT-XS as the Dutch plate. That plate is also…Read full entry · 3 photographsClose entry
The historical registration summary supplied with the story gives 15 February 2000 as the first registration date and 38-DT-XS as the Dutch plate. That plate is also visible in the rear, night and outdoor photographs.1
The plate and the road · 3 photographs
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
38-DT-XS
The Dutch registration is clearly visible at the rear of the car. The photograph supports the plate’s appearance, while the registration date comes from the supplied summary.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
A stop after dark
The same Dutch registration appears in this night photograph. The place and date of the stop are not established in the supplied material.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archive
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
A quieter stop
A street scene from the supplied photograph group. The car is partly visible beside a large blue doorway; the location and date remain unconfirmed.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archiveStill to check The underlying registration extract has not been reviewed. The photographs establish the visible plate, not the registration date or legal ownership. The original registration extract linking this plate to the VIN
The early Spyker story
The benchmark and the challenger.
A remembered exchange places this 360 beside a different ambition: a sports car built in the Netherlands. The date of the exchange remains open.
Date not establishedThe challenge · undatedLocation and date not established
Could the Silvestris be better?
StatedAccording to the supplied eyewitness account, Maarten de Bruijn challenged Victor R. Muller with the claim that his Silvestris was a better sports car than Muller’s new…Read full entryClose entry
According to the supplied eyewitness account, Maarten de Bruijn challenged Victor R. Muller with the claim that his Silvestris was a better sports car than Muller’s new Ferrari. The account identifies chassis 118037 as that Ferrari. It goes on to describe the collaboration between De Bruijn’s engineering and Muller’s commercial ambition that helped revive Spyker. The remembered exchange gives that collaboration a personal setting: an entrepreneur with a new Ferrari, and an engineer confident enough to challenge it.1
The Ferrari is remembered as a benchmark in the conversation. The supplied account does not establish a comparative test result or that this exchange caused Spyker’s revival.
Still to check No dated contemporary record of the exchange or comparative test is included. Its wording, exact date and connection to this chassis remain attributed to the account. A dated recollection or contemporary correspondence from those involved
17 October 2000Birmingham, United Kingdom
The C8 reaches the public
DocumentedSpyker’s published history dates the presentation of the C8 Spyder at the British International Motor Show in Birmingham to 17 October 2000. It also records Victor R.…Read full entryClose entry
Spyker’s published history dates the presentation of the C8 Spyder at the British International Motor Show in Birmingham to 17 October 2000. It also records Victor R. Muller’s role in the marque’s return. That gives the recollection a wider historical setting, separate from the Ferrari’s own ownership record.2
Still to check This is a milestone in Spyker’s history. It is not evidence that chassis 118037 attended the event or that the reported challenge directly led to the launch.
2000–2014 / The years still to connect The C8 launch is a contextual milestone in Spyker’s history. This edition contains no dated Ferrari ownership or service sequence connecting the supplied 2000 registration summary with the reported March 2014 APK expiry.
2014 onwards
Where the trail goes quiet.
A historical registration trace is a starting point for the next search, not an account of the years that followed.
March 2014Netherlands · historical summary
The next chapter is still missing
StatedThe supplied registration summary reports that the last known APK validity expired in March 2014. It also describes a limited ownership history, suggesting one…Read full entry · 1 photographClose entry
The supplied registration summary reports that the last known APK validity expired in March 2014. It also describes a limited ownership history, suggesting one registered owner. Neither point establishes where the Ferrari went next. Its later ownership, location and present specification remain open questions.1
An undated exterior view · 1 photograph
Supplied photograph · date unrecorded
The car in daylight
The grey body, warm interior and 38-DT-XS plate can be seen together in this supplied exterior photograph. Its date is unrecorded, so it does not establish the car’s current condition or whereabouts.
Photograph supplied to Maranello Data with this story
Supplied photograph archiveStill to check This is not a live registry check. An expired inspection does not establish that a car was unused, exported, lost or retained by its first owner; the owner count is unverified. Dated registration, service or ownership records after 2014
After 2014 / The next chapter The supplied material does not establish later ownership, the Ferrari’s present location or its current condition. Dated records could continue the story.
Sources
The story begins with one contribution: an eyewitness account, a photograph collection and a historical registration summary. Spyker’s published history supplies context, not independent confirmation of the Ferrari connection.
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One supplied account & photograph collection
The collection, the photographs and the recollection
The supplied narrative identifies chassis 118037, describes its specification and reported first owner, and recounts the Silvestris challenge as an eyewitness account. The photographs and historical registration summary accompany this contribution. Factory, ownership and registration documents are still to be examined.
- Late 1990s · contextSilvestris development context in the supplied narrative.
- 1999Specification summary within the supplied account, accompanied by interior and exterior photographs.
- Collection · undatedEyewitness recollection and the associated collection photographs.
- 15 February 2000Historical registration summary and photographs within the same supplied contribution.
- The challenge · undatedThe contributor’s firsthand account as supplied to Maranello Data.
- March 2014The historical registration summary contained in the supplied account.
Material supplied to Maranello Data · October 2026
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Manufacturer’s published history · context
Spyker: the return in 2000
Spyker’s own heritage page records Victor R. Muller’s role in reviving the marque and the C8 Spyder’s presentation in Birmingham on 17 October 2000. It does not identify this Ferrari or corroborate the reported challenge.
- 17 October 2000Spyker’s published heritage page, under “2000 / The return”.
Still open
Can the factory and ownership records complete the early account, and where has chassis 118037 been since the last reported registration trace?
- The factory specificationWhich build or Scaglietti records confirm the custom paint, trim and assembly details?
- The people behind the storyCould a dated recollection or surviving correspondence establish when the Silvestris challenge took place?
- The years since 2014Which records connect 38-DT-XS and chassis 118037 to the Ferrari’s next chapter?
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