I found the problem.
That is after blowing a few more fuses and hearing a pop and seeing smoke coming from the left rear tail light area. I thought that I had popped a tail light bulb. When I pulled the tail light off to check the bulb, I found that someone had tapped into the wires and installed a trailer wiring harness. There is no trailer hitch installed on this car. After tracing the wires, I found that one of the harness power wires laying on the top of the muffler and had melted through. The pop I heard and smoke I smelt was from the little control box that was built into the tail light harness. I completely removed the harness and the repaired the splices. I replaced the fuses and now all is working fine.
I'm guessing that the car had this wiring harness installed so that it could be towed from an auction and was temporarily wired to the tow vehicle.
I think that this is a common practice for cars purchased at auctions. I just hope that they were properly towing it and did not screw up the drive train.
I think the panic is over, at least for today. My daughter and I took a long test drive and all is well. She loves her new "Barney" purple PT. I wish my first car was as nice as this PT.
I'm still going to check with my local dealer to make sure that all the recalls are accommodated.
Thanks again for the great information on the website and the help.