Seen in NZ. "RCH Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, was originally Hupp Motors, founded in 1909 & manufacturer of Huppmobiles until 1940, but Bobby Hupp had too expansionist ideas for his investors and so he and his brother broke from Hupp Motors in 1911 to form a separate company, Hupp Corporation. However confusion followed as Huppmobiles were still being made by Hupp Motors, not Hupp Corporation which was then sued by Hupp Motors in 1912. And so Hupp Corporation changed its name to RCH Corporation, RCH be the initials of Robert (Bobby) Craig Hupp, founder of the original company."
I guess that is a direct quote from 1912, which may explain the spelling, although the cars made by Hupp Motors used only one p - ie they were Hupmobiles.
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