Hotrod
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| Worn by: | Engineer | ||||
| Slot: | Cosmetic | ||||
| Equip region: | Whole Head | ||||
| Contributed by: | ...Smithy | ||||
| Released: | First Community Contribution Update | ||||
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase or Uncrate #18 | ||||
| Tradable: | Yes | ||||
| Giftable: | Yes | ||||
| Craftable: | Yes | ||||
| Paintable: | No | ||||
| Nameable: | Yes | ||||
| Craft No.?: | No | ||||
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| “ | Now that there was a fine piece 'a work.
Click to listen
— The Engineer on his welding
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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.
- 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.
- [Undocumented] This hat can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)
- [Undocumented] Added this hat to the Mann Co. Store.
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.
Gallery
The Hotrod flipped down, worn by a disguised Spy with the Sapper equipped
The Engineer wearing a welding helmet in the Engineer Update teaser video.
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