After a year with the Steve Harvey designed SC77 when they had come off second best to Lola and having received  a firm order for 5 cars from Jack Nelleman the promoter of the Danish S2000 series Howden Ganley felt it necessary to design a new car “when my wife and I went on Holiday I spent four days alone in a study and designed the car”. Whilst Howden felt the SC78 was a good step forward from the SC77 it did not enjoy sporting success in the U.K. at least, where it failed to score a single victory. A Lola clean sweep in 1978 was only prevented by the first round victory of John web in his 1977 Tiga, but following a startline accident at Mallory he too jumped ship and switched to a Lola chassis for the remainder of the season.

Year of Construction: 1978

Total Built: ?

Letter below from Tim Schenken to SC77 entrant John Brindley outlining the revisions incorporated into the SC78, but history tells that he wasn't persuaded as he ran a Lola T492 for 1978!