Officer Profiles

Lynn Wegner - Deputy Regional Director

Lynn has an award winning Cadillac that is driven to most meetings. This incredible car has been described at more than one show as "almost too perfect".
Lynn was recently elected to this office and is enthusiastic about the challenges that the position poses.

R. E. 'Bob' Kraitchar - Membership Secretary

Bob has a 1939 Cadillac seven passenger touring sedan (limo without divider window) and a 1947 Cadillac convertible. He joined the Cadillac LaSalle Club in 1996 soon after acquiring his 1947. Later that same year he joined the Gulf Coast Region club, which he served as secretary for about 4 years. Restoration of the convertible was begun in 1999 while Bob was attending the Cadillac LaSalle Club Grand National meet in Santa Clara, California. It was completed in 2000, and since then the car has been a top competitor in car shows. Bob is active in club functions and serves as registrar for special club events. He keeps the membership roster up to date and was the club treasurer from April, 2002 to April, 2006.

Don has been a lifelong admirer of antique vehicles and muscle cars. Don’s father’s family was very active in the American Motorcycle Association and an uncle had an Indian and Henderson Dealership in Long Island, New York. Don’s first Cadillac was a 1970 Coupe De Ville with a blown motor that his brother Tom obtained from a trade for a flagpole. In two nights and after swapping three engines, the car was on the road and transported Don to his new residence in Maryland in 1982. Since that time there has been a search and longing to have a 1970 De Ville Convertible. In April of 1997, the search ended in Camp Hill, PA and Don purchased ‘The Beast." Don is currently driving ‘The Beast" as she is being put back to her original beauty.

Don is a native of North Bellmore, L.I., N.Y. having left that area in 1982 to pursue a career with the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, an investigative agency for thoroughbred racing. Through his career, Don has traveled throughout the country, settling in Tomball, Texas in 2001. Since arriving in the Houston area, Don became a member of the Gulf Coast Region.

W.Y. Lamb - Immediate Past Regional Director

Will's interest in the hobby started in the early '60's in his native south LoUiSiAna. He sometimes boasts that his first car was a BMW! Not to mind, however, it indeed was a BMW, albeit an Isetta 350 …. a mid fifty's cross between a rickshaw and an enclosed motor-scooter. The front door swung open and you literally stepped into the car! It was powered by a (1) cylinder BMW motorcycle engine, hence the association with BMW.

Will's Father in his Isetta 350

Duane Medley - National Director

While not a board member per se, Duane is a longtime member of the Cadillac LaSalle Club, and he is a charter member of the Gulf Coast Region. He serves as the Board's appointed representative to the National Board in the event that no board member can attend any given National Board meeting. He has tremendous knowledge of automobile repair and maintenance, having owned auto repair businesses in Pasadena for a number of years. Since retiring from auto repair and his other business interests, Duane has devoted his time to automobile restoration, primarily Cadillacs. He has restored a number of 1958 Cadillac Eldorados, which is his specialty. Duane is a noted authority on the 1958 Cadillacs. He served on the Cadillac LaSalle Club committee which produced the 1958 Cadillac Authenticity Manual. This book is the foremost authority on 1958 Cadillac restoration. His Eldorado Bairritz has won Best of Show, Best in Class, and People’s Choice awards in national competition as well as at car events in the Houston and Dallas areas. He frequently drives this car to club functions. Wherever he drives it, it always draws a crowd.