The Smith Flyer Cyclecar & The A. O. Smith Co.
1918 Smith Flyer appearing in Motor Wheeling Magazine The Smith Motor Wheel was mounted on the rear and carried it's one cylinder engine, 2 1/4 inch stroke, 2 3/8 inch bore. The little engine developed only 1 1/2 horsepower. A shift lever up front allowed the operator to lift the little engine off the ground so it could idle without stopping. To start the fifth wheel was lowered. To stop a pair of braked lined fenders was pressed against the rear wheels by a brake pedal up front.
Vintage Photo of 1918 Smith Flyer Only a single model of the A. O. Smith Flyer Cyclecar was produced. It was a two passenger open buckboard type automobile with small bicycle type wheels. Shown above is a vintage photo with adults at the wheel.
1917 Eddie Foy and The Seven Little Foys In 1917 Eddie Foy, actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian, purchased a Smith Flyer and use it in his vaudeville acts. Between 1910 and 1913, he formed a family vaudeville act called "Eddie Foy and The Seven Little Foys" which quickly turned into a national institution.
The forerunner of the Smith Flyer was this gas driven Smith Motor Wheel designed for bicycles. Many were made before the Smith Flyer. The last of the Flyers was this electric version shown above on the right that was made up to 1925 by the Automotive Electric Service Co. and called the Auto Red Bug and widely used in Amusement Parks. They also made Motor Wheels after buying the patent from Briggs and Stratton.
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