Jeremy George Weston "Jem" Marsh (born 15 April1930, in Clifton, Bristol, England) is an engineer, motor manufacturer and race driver. He is perhaps best known as a co-founder of the sports-car manufacturer Marcos, the name being derived from a contraction of his and fellow founder Frank Costin's surnames. The company was continued by Jem's son Chris Marsh, until it was taken over by Canadian Tony Stellinga, and continues to produce automobiles. April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The crowded Princess Victoria Street lies at the heart of Clifton Village Clifton is an inner suburb of the English port city of Bristol. ... Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and located at With a population of 400,000, and metropolitan area of 550,000, it is Englands sixth, and the United Kingdoms ninth, most populous city... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Marcos was a sports car manufacturer. ... Frank Costin pioneered monocoque chassis design. ...
The company was founded in 1959 by JemMarsh and Frank Costin.
Poor sales in the USA led to financial troubles in the 1970s and by 1971 they were out of business.
JemMarsh stayed in the auto bussiness and in 1976 he bought the rights to the Marcos name and in 1981 the Marcos was releaunched with the Marcos V6 Coupe that was sold in kit form.
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