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You might take a flash light and look down the tube to see if the axle gears are lined up without pulling it apart. Are you only having trouble with one axle? or Both?
Matt
on 62-64 cars with the castle nut style axles you had shorter axles for suregrip unit. Not so on the 65 and up style axles. If the suregrip unit is a Clutch type unit it should have the thrust buttons in it that are a two piece design with a pin that holds them together for the axle end play...
I think the Gene Snow 65 coronet super stock recently sold on eBay for the opening bid of $85,000. So to be honest with these cars you can by a finished car cheaper than restoring one after the purchase price. Seems like I also remember the Thunder II coronet for sale, I think it was in Canada...
Me and a good friend of mine owned a real 1965 super stock coronet for a while. I should have bought his half out as I kick myself everday for selling that car.
It two had been raced since new, and was tubbed through the years, but still had all the important stuff like the light weight doors...
I think if it is a well know race car or a race car with a good amount of researchable history I would leave it that way.
If it were more of a local race car with not alot of history I think A factory resto would be the way to go. I guess it really comes down to personal choice. What year car...