Morocco Vehicle Prep & Essential equipment

[TheWarden]

Hi,

First post although I've been reading the forum for a while. I've been travelling Morocco a lot over the last decade or so but never really ventured onto the pistes in a 2wd hire car (except some detours with dodgy moroccan's). Recently I had the misfortune of being made redundent so I now have a bit of time and cash available so have been thinking of heading out to Morocco mid Nov for a month before Christmas.

Never really been into 4wd but ! am pretty handy with the spanner building old fords. Currently I am thinking of purchasing a nissan patrol for the trip, although mainly because there are some fairly cheap locally. I plan to sleep either in the truck or in B&B's as roof tents are too pricy.

What would you knowledgeable folks reccomend as essential for a trip to morocco in terms of vehicle prep and equipment?

I'm thinking AT tyres, 2 batteries and some bash plates should see me fine but as I said I'm new to this

Cheers

Mark