The Wicked 1, Anglia Gasser

 

 

The Wicked 1 is a 1948 Anglia two-door sedan owned by Gerard Milidantri from Suffern, New York.  He’s a general manager of an aerospace company that overhauls turbine engines and on the weekends he runs the Anglia at South East Gasser events.  

The club brings back  Drag Racing from the late sixties and the cars must have period correct parts that you could buy up until 1967 and no later . No modern electronics , no automatics, no electronic fuel injection . Only open headers & a 4-speed , perfect for wheels up launches.

We caught up with The Wicked 1 & Gerard at Island Dragway in Great Meadows , New Jersey.  

This Anglia was hand-built in Pennsylvania in the late sixties by a fellow named GK Bernard. It was later purchased by SEGA emcee Quain Stott .

 

At a SEGA event in 2019 it was the first time Gerard had seen the Anglia, and it made such an impression that he sold the his Corvette and decided to pursue SEGA racing. In 2021 they struck a deal and bought the Anglia .

 

 

The Anglia  has a 3-inch chopped steel body with a fiberglass tilt nose, doors, and trunk lid, The  body rides on a custom-built box frame with a straight axle and leaf springs up front and a solid axle with a 9-inch Ford and suspended by 5-inch coil springs in the rear.  It rides on 15x4.5 and 15x10 Ansen wheels with Hoosier slicks .
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power is provided by a 378 cubic-inch  small block Chevy fed by two Holley 660 CFM center squirt-style carbs. Mounted on a vintage Weiand tunnel Ram.

 Gerard estimates it’s making approximately 650 horsepower. 

The hi-revving small block is hooked up to a Jerico four-speed manual transmission.  The fumes exit through custom headers built by Donovan Stott. 

He's had the Anglia sideways on two wheels & even hit the wall but says he's having a blast !

 

 

 

Gerard said the crowds are huge at a SEGA event and the fans and racers are like family , Check out a South East Gasser's event where you can see Gerard and others pulling the wheels at a heads up launch and rowing that 4-speed trans. down the track. 

 

 

 

 

Photo's by Mike & Dot Salemme 2021