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** Additionally, a [[Spy]] disguised as an Engineer currently wearing a Hotrod can have the hat flip down on his face upon switching to the [[Electro Sapper]]. This can be used to detect Spies.
 
** Additionally, a [[Spy]] disguised as an Engineer currently wearing a Hotrod can have the hat flip down on his face upon switching to the [[Electro Sapper]]. This can be used to detect Spies.
 
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079307/ Hot Rod]'' is also the title of a 1979 movie in which Grant Goodeve, the Engineer's voice actor, starred.
 
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079307/ Hot Rod]'' is also the title of a 1979 movie in which Grant Goodeve, the Engineer's voice actor, starred.
** The late {{w|Robert Culp}}, Dr. Breen's voice actor in ''Half-Life 2'', also co-starred in this film.
 
 
* The Engineer is seen using a welding mask in the [[Engineer update (teaser)|teaser video]] for the [[Engineer Update]], though it is not the Hotrod. The Hotrod, however, can be seen sticking out of a tool chest at the very beginning of the video, above the Engineer's acoustic guitar.
 
* The Engineer is seen using a welding mask in the [[Engineer update (teaser)|teaser video]] for the [[Engineer Update]], though it is not the Hotrod. The Hotrod, however, can be seen sticking out of a tool chest at the very beginning of the video, above the Engineer's acoustic guitar.
 
* Valve intended to make the Hotrod paintable, but failed to get the creator's permission.
 
* Valve intended to make the Hotrod paintable, but failed to get the creator's permission.

Revision as of 16:41, 30 June 2011

Now that there was a fine piece 'a work.
The Engineer

The Hotrod is a community-created headwear item for the Engineer. It is a gray Template:W with team-colored flame patterns.

The hat description was written by Shapechanger for the Hat Describing Contest.

Update history

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

  • The Hotrod was added to the game.

March 19, 2010 Patch

  • Updated the new community-built hats so they can be crafted.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

Trivia

  • The name and flame design is a reference to American cars with large engines, also called Template:W, which stereotypically sport a fiery paintjob.
  • The Hotrod flips down over the Engineer's face when he is holding a building's blueprints or hauling a building.[1]
    • Additionally, a Spy disguised as an Engineer currently wearing a Hotrod can have the hat flip down on his face upon switching to the Electro Sapper. This can be used to detect Spies.
  • Hot Rod is also the title of a 1979 movie in which Grant Goodeve, the Engineer's voice actor, starred.
  • The Engineer is seen using a welding mask in the teaser video for the Engineer Update, though it is not the Hotrod. The Hotrod, however, can be seen sticking out of a tool chest at the very beginning of the video, above the Engineer's acoustic guitar.
  • Valve intended to make the Hotrod paintable, but failed to get the creator's permission.

Gallery