[blucar]

I have a friend/neighbor that works on vintage radios.. He generally replaces the vibrator with a solid state unit. It is best to have the unit completely checked out, there is a lot going on in the old tube type radios and the speaker is most likely bad.
Is your radio the early square boxy type or the '36-37 smaller, more rounded type?
Ford sold the '35 style of radio well into '36. The 35 style of radio can have the speaker built into the box, similar to the 36 open car radios.