Hotrod

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

The Hotrod is a community-created headwear item for the Engineer, and was chosen by Valve to be released with the first wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a gray Template:W with team-colored flame patterns.

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

Update history

March 19, 2010 Patch

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

Trivia

  • The name and flame design is a reference to American cars with large engines (also called Template:W), which often 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 by equipping the Electro Sapper. This can be used to detect Spies.
  • "Hot Rod" is also the title of a 1979 movie in which Grant Goodeve, voice of the Engineer, starred.
    • It is interesting to note that the late Template:W (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 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 wanted to make the Hotrod paintable, but failed to get the creator's permission.

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