I am considering purchasing a boat with Walter v-drives. This is a 55’ trawler built in the early 60’s. They are remote drives, and the engines were upgraded from 140 HP to 210 HP, though I would not intend to use all of that. The new engines achieve 8kts at around 1400 RPM. I haven’t found much information one way or another on these units, but recently had an experienced captain express serious concern. The overall condition of the boat is very fine, and it is apparent great care has been taken to all systems over the years. Anyone have thoughts about older V-drives? Any information you can point me to about these? Thanks!