Lacking operating capital, he gained financing from the artificial limb manufacturing brothers Anton and Clement Smith.

The Smith brothers financed the building of a factory and the first automobiles were sold to the public in August, 1902.

[3] Terry Stafford designed a new four-cylinder car with shaft-drive introduced as a mid year-model in 1906.

[1][4] The Great Smith of 1907 was priced at $2,500 (equivalent to $81,750 in 2023) with a 318 in3 (5213 cc) (4.5×5-inch, 114×127mm) water-cooled four, four-speed sliding gear transmission (three forward, one reverse), multi-disk clutch.

[9] Upon exiting the automobile business, Anton Smith reportedly destroyed all the files and records of the company in a large bonfire.