Directly in front of me stands an immaculate Type 57 Bugatti. Beside it is a 1913 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud, again immaculate, its vast bulk seeming to have been built to a different scale to today's cars.
Close by a resplendent Hispano Suiza H6B saloon with magnificent Kellener body. All around me are even more pristine examples of Rolls-Royces, Daimlers and other fine makes.
This can only be "Old Car Heaven" - but where? The fabled Schlumpf collection at Mulhouse? The private collection of a reclusive Swiss collector? Perhaps the wonderful German Motor Museum at Schloss Langenburg?
Surprisingly, the answer lies a lot closer to home. This extraordinary collection is located at a private house on the outskirts of Naas, Co Kildare, and is testimony to the collecting skills and deep knowledge of one man.
It began when Jim Boland bought a 1921 Swift from John Ellis in 1961. Today Jim has no fewer than 61 cars.
That in itself would be an impressive collection but it's the depth of quality that really impresses.
Hardly any car is "just" an example of a particular make. Rather it's likely to be a car with a history, having belonged to a famous personality or special for some other reason.
The modified Lagonda, for example, was used personally by the great WO Bentley - in his personal correspondence he described "some fast runs" in it. The 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom 2 Continental belonged to Prince Ali Khan, and his wife, the film actress Rita Hayworth.
Another of Jim's Rolls-Royces, a Phantom 1 Cabriolet was the 1925 Olympia Motor Show car. His Drophead Bentley Mk 6 and his Jaguar Mk 5 Saloon, both 1950, were owned by Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Truly, this is a world-class collection - and it's being shared with motor enthusiasts groups from all over the world who travel to Naas.
Jim is well known in Ireland's "old car" circles, but is probably even better known abroad, where his vast motoring knowledge is much in demand.
He was a founding member of the Irish Veteran and Vintage Motor Club in 1963 and served as its president in 1985 and again in 1986.
Among the many cars in his collection, Jim has one particular favourite, the 6.5 litre 1928 Bentley which he bought in 1970 and in which he has since done over 100,000 miles.
At the other end of the scale is the 1914 Stanley Steamer, an example of the best of early steam cars which requires the mastering of a whole set of different skills before it can be driven. It also requires that every 14 months its boiler is removed for a hydraulic test witnessed by its insurance company - the boiler must be capable of withstanding a 100 per cent increase over its normal operating pressure of 450 psi.
Given that it takes about two hours to remove the boiler for its test and around two days to replace it in the chassis, it's small wonder that steam cars failed to capture the imagination of the motoring public!
The collection also includes a 1908 Renault Landaulette similar to the one which featured in the recent Titanic film. There's also a 1902 Renault, the oldest car in the collection, which Jim has driven more than 20 times in the annual London to Brighton Run which is exclusively for pre-1905 cars.
An American touch is provided by the wonderfully named Stutz Bearcat from 1918.
A 1914 Sunbeam Landaulette is probably the car which has travelled furthest - over 300,000 miles, having started life as a hackney. Like the rest of the collection, it's immaculate and betrays no sign of its early life.
A Clement Talbot from 1911 (IK 711) is Jim's oldest Irish-registered car. It was driven in the first run for old cars organised by the Leinster Motor Club from Donnybrook in 1938.
A particularly intriguing car is the 1923 Astro Daimler designed by Dr Ferdinand Porsche. It bristles with thoughtful and interesting design features - its braking system, for example, was far ahead of most other cars of the time.
That other great artist designer, Ettore Bugatti, is also represented. A delightful 1938 Bugatti Type 57, in an eye-catching black and red paint scheme which accentuates its aerodynamically flowing lines, is a recent acquisition from Strasbourg. With only 43,000 miles from new by its original owner, a Paris doctor, this car, like all of the Bugattis produced pre-war, is right-hand drive. Many of its interior features follow the aeronautical fashions of the time rather than those of the car. The overall effect is simply stunning.
Oddly enough, one of the most interesting items on display is the chassis with engine, gearbox and suspension of a partially restored Lancia V-8 from 1929. The restorer's attention to the detail of this highly original design is outstanding and leaves one very much aware of how much of the skill of the craftsmen who built these early cars was imparted to the finished work.
A participant in all of the major Irish old car events and in quite a few abroad, Jim Boland continues to selectively increase his collection. For him they are cherished cars which he is lucky enough to take care of for a time.
For the rest of us privileged to have the opportunity to view them, they are probably as near to "Old Car Heaven" as we'll ever get.