Desmond 'Dizzy' Addicott acquired a damaged Mini Van and determined make a streamlined racing car out of the ingredients. The longer wheelbase of the Van platform would give better handling to his Mini DART ('Dizzy addicott Racing Team'). Dizzy gave his car a Kamm Tail and wind tunnel tested it to a theoretical 170mph, backed up by Jem Marsh actually recording 146mph on the Mulsanne straight. Exhibited at the 1964 Racing Car Show, a contract was placed with Falcon to produce fibreglass bodies, but after 8 shells were produced Dizzy and Jem Marsh disagreed. Jem Marsh took 4 of the shells away and created the Mini Marcos from these, whilst Jeremy Delmar-Morgan bought the remaining 4 shells from Dizzy and started the very similar Mini Jem. Delmar-Morgan's Jem (Developments) Ltd started to manufacture the Mini Jem (no connection with Jem Marsh) in North London before manufacture was moved by Robin Statham to Fellpoint in Buckinghamshire. A Mini Jem MkII was put into production in 1969 with an altered body shape, changed windscreen, raised roofline. Fellpoint became bankrupt in 1971 and the Mini Jem moved to High Performance Mouldings at Wombwell in Yorkshire. Malcolm Fell then took on the Mini Jem and created a MkIII version which sold until 1976
Fellpoint Mini Jem 1971 MkII - badge on nose. The 'Jem' does NOT stand for Jem Marsh who together with Desmond 'Dizzy' Addicott came up with this Mini-engined racing car. Instead 'Jem' stands for Jeremy Delmar-Morgan who bought out the project from Marsh and Addicott to create the Mini Jem.
Fellpoint Mini Jem 1971 MkII. Desmond 'Dizzy' Addicott acquired a damaged Mini Van and determined make a streamlined racing car out of it. He was handicapped by the height of the Mini engine, and both the Mini Marcos and the Mini Jem suffer this high bonnet line.
Fellpoint Mini Jem 1971 MkII. Like the Mini Marcos, the Mini Jem almost literally came out of the same DART mould. It was also built around Mini or Mini Cooper mechanics.
Fellpoint Mini Jem 1971 MkII. When Fellpoint took over manufacture of the Mini Jem they quickly introduced the MkII which had a revised windscreen and door and a raised roofline. It also had its door handles removed and entry had to be gained by opening a window.
Unipower GT
Mini Cooper 1964 1071 S. A replica of the 1964 Monte Carlo Rallye wiining car with a real Paddy Hopkirk at the wheel
