They say dont cutt the red wire... I did.. A LOT. I found that most of the wiring was done using either red or white wire. What made it worse was that both were used for positive connections, there was not a general ground color or hot color. Just a bunch of mush... In addition to that the original fuse box had a crack along the back and was very worn. There was no cover, it was in pretty poor shape. 

Amazon and a little research solved the problem, was able to find a new box and took it all apart. I did not redo the red and white wiring, I just verified each connection and fixed the ones that were broken. 

There is really not alot of electronics in a 65 vw. There was the headlight switch, the hazard light switch and the signal switch.  The picture on the left is the original headlight switch. You can see by the left over terminal connectors that the wiring was not terminated very well. That and age had most everything NOT working when I stared. The only thing that did work were the headlights when I started, but it was a start.

I found that in 1965 they tied all the signals, brake lights and headlights through the hazard switch, this single component caused most of the problems I found. Mostly by having all the wire terminations exposed.  The hazard switch had 9 posts. It was a confusing mess. There was a post that made everything clear here:

VW 9 Prong Box Troubleshooting

I did not like the way the fuse box was tagged, the green tape was hard to read and was not accurate. I spent some time and came up with a new layout that I now carry in the car in case I need to see where something goes. Its much  easier to read.