Mallory Electric of Toledo, Ohio was incorporated on Friday, February 13, 1925.
At 1742 Nicholas building, Toledo, Ohio, Mallory Electric manufactured its products.
In August of 1935, Marion Mallory, Sr.
moved the company to 12416 Cloverdale Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Due to the company’s enormous growth in the early thirties and the need to be closer to the Ford Motor Company, this initial move from Toledo to Detroit was made.
Marion Mallory Sr.
had established ties with his close friend Henry Ford, and together they designed the ignition system for the 1932 Ford V8.
An order was placed with Mallory by Ford Motor Company for one million distributors for its new V8.
Through 1948, Mallory supplied much of the “original-equipment” ignition components for Ford.
Even today, performance ignition products for Ford Motor Company vehicles continue to be built by Mallory.
By the late 1960’s, the Detroit plant had become too small, and in 1969, “Boots” Mallory began moving his father’s company to Carson City, Nevada.
From Michigan to Nevada, ten of the nearly one hundred personnel of the Mallory Electric Company and their families moved to help the company get re-established.
At what was then 1801 Oregon Street, Carson City, NV, the entire company was located within a short period of time.
Born on April 4, 1893, in Nevada, Missouri, Marion Mallory, Sr.
has held hundreds of patents in the automotive field since 1916.
Under his own name, he first held patents, and then used the name “Mallory Research Company”.
After 1925, all of his patents were under the name Mallory Electric Corporation.
Items such as electrical systems, shock absorbers, internal combustion engines, ignition coils, ignition timers, ignition systems, governors, air inlet devices, carburetors, and even children’s toy race tracks are among the patents held by Mallory.
Ignitions and fuel timing systems were Mallory’s specialty, but a breakerless magneto and improved distributors and coils were also invented by him.
Several countries, including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, and Germany, hold his patents.
Licensed to other manufacturers, many of the patents exist.
For many years, second only to Thomas Edison in patent holdings was Marion Mallory, Sr.
