Heyup si long story short mate the guy im repairing it for bought it from another forum and when it arrived via parcelforce the stock was in two pieces ,now as you say laminate is strong stuff but i have been told by a couple of guys that this has happened with quite a few of this particular model , just breaking almost like a design flow but myself not 100 percent , like i say you couldndrive a land rover over this one i reckon by the time im finished lol