Stop in for a cup of coffee

Friend of mine had a '68 Torino Fastback with a killer SBF in it, top loader 4 spd. Nice hot rod. His SB had more beans than mine and mine was pretty hot. He was at the local illicit street activities one night when the clutch decided to have a catastrophic failure. From the size of the hole in the cowl we surmised that a portion of the clutch disc had made it's exit there.
About an inch wide and 12-13" long right through the cowl and everything underneath it. He was lucky it picked that route to escape rather than a sideways exit.