As Enforcer2 pointed out, the original company and its assets were seized and its officers arrested by the U.S. Customs Service in the 80's. The company knowingly conspired with numerous drug runners to make boats with the quad OB's, extra fuel capacity (over 500 gallons) and sophisticated compartments with hydraulic rams to hide the contraband below the decks. Back in the 80's reliable high performance IO's and outdrives were not state of the art (that was the achilles heal of the 39 Blue Thunders) so quad outboards made for a redundant and reliable system. After the company went through forfeiture, as part of the plea agreement the existing boats in production, about 8 at the time, were finished and used by Customs as interceptors. Half the boats went to Miami the other half went to Puerto Rico. These were quad OB sport deck models. I had the fortune of running some of these boats in St Thomas and Puerto Rico in the late 90s. They were incredible rough water boats built solid. They were so popular that even after new boats like the 42 Fountains (high performance Bayliners) were being purchased by Customs, the old Midnights would be totally overhauled and re-rigged at St Augustine and put back into service. Eventually the boats were just too old and auctioned off. Enter the new Midnight Express which although equipped with quad OBs is a totally new design with 22 degree deadrise, not the 24 as original. Anyway the newer center console Midnights are favored by Marine Interdiction Agents because they are rigged and outfitted for law enforcement work. With quad OBs you can lose one and still be in the chase, lose two and still get on plane, lose a third and still limp home. We also had a 39 Ocean Express which was a splashed and lengthened 37 Midnight that was a beast of a wave crasher with quads on it. Enforcer2 did a heck of a job keeping alive the spirit of the 37 Midnight Express.