Thinking about buying a '71 V20, looking for tips

Thanks all!
I appreciate all of your input. I'm going to try to take a look at it this weekend and I'll let you all know what I find! As for the motor, I appreciate the offer reelapeelin, but I'll probably pass. My goal in that department is to go with a 4-stroke outboard (especially now with gas prices the way they are :o ). Being that this boat will be used around the mouth of the Chesapeake and just off the Virginia coast, I don't think I need too much power as much as I need efficency.