"Eigenvector" wrote in message

The laws were much more lax in 1960 than they were today so I was
wondering what he would say about all that half-assed work they did back
then. It's a catch-22 situation for me. I need him to pass the work on
the box so that I can start in on fixing the crappy work they did back
then. But I don't want him to fail the work for the box simply because the
rest of the house needs repairs.

If the work complies with the 1960 rules, you have no problem. they cannot
force you to upgrade old work. New, or course must comply. I don't see it
as a problem for you and you will probably make him happy that the other
work is going to be upgraded.