Most cars were on display inside Fort Adams' walls this year, unlike last year when they were on fields outside the fort overlooking Narragansett Bay and the 2-mile-long Claiborne Pell Bridge. Also, there was no fashion show and pipe and drum marching band as there was last year. Those disappointments aside, there were many stunningly beautiful and rare cars, domestic and imported. Please take a few minutes to scroll through the next three pages. I hope you'll be as impressed as I was.

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A brief video of Narragansett Bay

The following are all 2010 Audis, each over $100,000 — Darn! I forgot my checkbook!

A5 2.0T

A5 2.0T's elegant interior                                                   

R8

                            Just makes you want to jump in and take off, doesn't it?

Rear view of the R8

The more formal A8 sedan                                                 

Another R8

                                                               The R8's rear-mounted V8

                     The bay and a cruise liner provide a nice backdrop for this Bentley,
                               one of the few cars outside the walls of the fort

After a cloudy morning, the sun came out and the afternoon was beautiful

You're supposed to be photographing cars, Bob, not photographers               

There was ample space on the sprawling grounds

                                                    Tailgate party, British style

The cars, Bob, get pictures of the cars!

What's the difference between a car show and a concours d'elegance? A full-service bar!  

Another view of beautiful Narragansett Bay

                                        OK, I'll allow one boat in my car series

This is a 1959 Jones Hydroplane

Really now, Bob, let's get back to the cars!                                   

                      The archer hood ornament and the headlights melded into the fenders
                                                identify the Pierce Arrow

This is the 1930 model

1929 Duesenberg with Durham body                                      

The Duesenberg's engine is open for inspection

             Would you care to take a guess at what this is? We'll get back to it later

If you've been paying attention you know the archer adorns the Pierce Arrow

Didn't get the year on this one, but it's around 1930                           

Pierce Arrow patented those fender-merged headlights in 1914

                Pierce Arrow, Packard and Peerless were known as the "Three P's" —
                             America's leading luxury cars in the '20s and '30s.

I really love those hood ornaments

If you guessed that car a few frames back was a Hispano Suiza, you got it right       

The name sounds Spanish, but it was made in France — This is the 1926 model

      Like the Pierce Arrow, the Hispano Suiza was identified by its unique hood ornament

You think texting while driving is distracting, try keeping an eye on all those gauges

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