Can you start a Diesel engine without electricity?

[DanCitizen]

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Does a car need electricity to run?

Hey everyone, back to this thread after a couple years. Book is going well. Wanted to confirm what I learned from you all before about starting and running a Diesel engine car without electricity. The truck I chose was a 1946 Dodge Power Wagon with a Cummins Diesel engine. To start it, the character sticks a blow torch into where the glow plug was. Would that work?