507 581-3076 It started when Josh Powers and his dad Eric built a

1314 13th Avenue Southeast | 507 581-3076
It started when Josh Powers and his dad Eric built a car
together seven years ago. What started as a hobby has
grown into a business with four employees in a 4,400 square
foot shop. When it comes to Corvettes, nobody has the
passion like Custom Image Corvettes in Watertown does. “I
had barely finished my Corvette, when someone saw it and
asked me if I could do what I had done, to his car,” recalls
owner, Josh Powers. “I was doing it part-time in my garage at
first, and one car turned into another and another and I got
so busy that I made the decision to give it a shot full-time
on Thanksgiving three years ago. I attended Lake Area Tech
for drafting before moving on to SDSU where I received
my bachelor’s degree in Construction Management with a
Business minor. But my heart has been with cars all along.
I grew up with cars and have been around them my whole
life. My dad is a master mechanic and we spent a lot of time
together in the garage. After college I moved to Minnesota
and then to Iowa. After being gone for 12 years I moved back
to Watertown two and a half years ago. One year later I built
our current facility, which I designed, at 1314 13th Avenue
Southeast. We are in the process of another expansion to
increase our size to 7,000 square feet. We have 15 cars in
our backlog at this time and the expansion will give us room
to work on even more cars.”
Custom Image Corvettes has a reputation for building
Corvette resto-mods, and has stated doing restorations
on mid-year Corvettes. Their typical customer will usually
send them a run down car and they install modern drive
trains, upgrade the chassis, install new body panels and
do body work and paint. “We design and manufacture our
own fiberglass body panels, including flared fenders and
chrome bumper conversion kits for the later model C3
Corvettes. Most people love the chrome bumper cars and
our niche is to use the kit we created to convert the “rubber
bumper” cars to look like chrome bumper cars. This is an
economical way to improve the look of your car.”
1973 Corvette-owned by Rocco Torres, San Diego, California.
Rocco inherited his Corvette from his dad. He had always
wanted to restore it but also personalize it to his taste. His
research on the internet led him to our company. He loved
the look of our flared fenders and asked us if we could install
them and paint his car. “I am from California and was actually
in California when Rocco called me so I was able to meet
him in person and discuss the project. After that he arranged
to have the car shipped to Custom Image. The color Rocco
chose was Olympic White, which is a new Camaro color, with
a Ferrari Red hood stripe. Rocco saw a photo of my Camaro
and liked the paint scheme.”
“Dave Brown is our sales rep from ABS in Watertown. He has
been a world of help and is the best sales rep a guy could
ask for. One time we ran out of product on a Saturday and
he met me down at ABS so I could get what I needed. When
we decided to switch from PPG Deltron to PPG Envirobase
paint, Dean Kommes the technical rep from ABS in Sioux
Falls and Dave Brown came to the shop and guided us on our
first Envirobase paint job. The entire staff is knowledgeable
and very helpful. They always go above and beyond what
is expected. They have helped us develop our system for
painting cars. If it wasn’t for them I am not sure I would even
be in the bodywork business. I have used PPG ever since
I started this as a hobby and I have stuck with them. It has
great coverage and color clarity and I just love the final finish
of it.”
“One thing that I have always been known for is customer
service. My business started as a hobby and I had no one to
talk to when I had technical questions. I have made it my goal
to be available to my customers so they have someone to
talk to and bounce ideas off of. If I do not have the answers, I
will find the answers for them. I have customers all over the
world, sometimes I talk to them very early in the morning
because it is convenient for them. We are proud of the
positive testimonials of our customers. Our entire staff loves
Corvettes. We all have them and we truly love what we do.”
1973 Corvette
Owner Rocco Torres
DRIVETRAIN:
• 1997 350cu LT1
• Borg Warner T56 Six Speed
Manual Transmission
• Rear End Ratio: .373
• Street & Performance Mid-Length Headers
• 2.5” Dual Exhaust w/ Magnaflow Mufflers
• Griffin Aluminum Radiator
SUSPENSION:
• Front - 550 Slalom Coil Springs,
Tuned KYB Shocks
• Rear - Carbon Fiber/Fiberglass Single Leaf, Tuned
KYB Shocks
BODY:
• Custom Image Corvettes Quarter Panel Flares
• Custom Image Corvettes Custom
Paint and Bodywork
• 2012 Chevy Camaro White
• Ferrari Red Hood Stripes
• Custom Steel Thermocoated Front Grill
WHEELS:
• Pro Wheels Mag
• Front: 275/35/18 BFG KDW - 10in. wide wheel
• Rear: 335/30/18 BFG KDW - 12in. wide wheel
INTERIOR:
• Stock 1972 Red Interior Panels
• Original Gauges
• Custom Aluminum Shift Plate
• Hurst Shifter & Speed Dawg Shift Knob w/ Rev.
• Lockout Button
• Vintage Air Climate Control System
• Corbeau A4 Seats
• Grant Formula 1 Steering Wheel
• Pioneer Head Unit w/ Bluetooth
• Polk Audio 6.25” Kick Panel Speakers
• JBL 4x6 Combo Dash Speakers
• JL Audio 8in. Subwoofer w/ Custom Enclosure
• Kicker 300w 4-Channel Amplifier
Providing paint for your award
winning restorations.
Left to right: Jessica, Josh, Axle, Tony, Jake
Now with 5 locations!
Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Brookings,
Watertown and Mankato, MN
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